surrender

Meaning

Verb

1. To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
2. To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3. To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
4. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
5. To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
6. To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7. For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

Noun

1. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
2. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
3. 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.

Concepts

surrender

yield

give up

capitulate

submit

capitulation

give in

submission

relinquish

yielding

fall

hand over

deliver

cede

succumb

abandonment

abandon

concede

resign

quit

give oneself up

giving up

give

relinquishing

submit to

renounce

comply

obey

lose

leave

turn over

vacate

succumbing

knuckle under

render

accede

relinquishment

waiver

resignation

delivery

rendition

waive

to

renunciation

extradition

grant

giving in

resign oneself to

subdue

bend over

bow

give way

desert

fail

forsake

retire

haul down

consent

yield up

turn in

sinking

assign

convey

dispose of

sell

transmit

giving way

evacuation

surrender oneself

admit defeat

accept defeat

listen to reason

yield to superior logic

be loyal

give to someone

submit oneself

submissiveness

expropriate

restore

return

take over for use

allow

defeat

be submissive

abdicate

pass

despair

destroy

prostrate

ruin

downfall

prostration

agree

delivery into legal custody

reconcile

bow to

turn on

lecture

tradition

commit

consign

abide

kowtow

truckle

abstinence

disclaimer

break off an engagement

cancel a contract

cancellation

rescind a contract

rescission

rescission of contract

terminate an agreement

give into

hand out

conveying

alienation

assignment

ceding

cession

conveyance

conveyancing

discharge

forfeit

forfeiture

giving

handing over

handover

legal transfer

livery

desertion

make over

bend one’s back

acquiesce

cease

subjection

subjugate

deposit

entrust

nod head

stoop

concession

surrender one's weapons

throw in the towel

allegiance

defer

bestow

forward

place

put

set

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-bor.
Old French sur-
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti
Proto-Italic *didō
Latin dō
Latin reddō
Latin prēndoinflu.
Late Latin rendō
Old French rendre
Old French surrendrebor.
English surrender
Borrowed from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Noun use is from Anglo-Norman. Displaced native Old English handgang (noun) and on hand gān (verb).

Sentences

" Surrender is not an option ", the mercenary asserted .