surrender
noun
- spiritual willful acceptance and yielding to a dominating force
- act of giving up (eg, a fight)
verb
- to give up
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/ / /səˈɹɛndɚ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-Norman surrendre, infinitive as noun. Displaced native Old English handgang.
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English surrendren English surrender From Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān.
- To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
“Don't shoot! I surrender!”
- To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
“to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage”
- To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
“to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep”
- To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.