surrender

present singular third person surrenders · participle present surrendering · participle past surrendered · past surrendered · alternative obsolete surrendre

1. transitiveTo give up into the power, control, or possession of another.

   Synonyms: hand over, betray, overgive

2. broadlytransitivegovernmentTo yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3. intransitivereflexiveTo give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.

   Don't shoot! I surrender!

   Synonyms: strike one's flag, wave the white flag, chuck up the sponge

4. transitiveTo give up possession of; to yield; to resign.

   to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

5. reflexiveTo yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.

   to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep

6. ambitransitiveblackjackTo abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7. transitivebusinessFor a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

plural surrenders · alternative obsolete surrendre

1. countableuncountableAn act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
2. countableuncountableThe yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
3. countableuncountablelawThe 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.