surrender

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
2. (broadly, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3. (intransitive, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
4. (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
5. (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
6. (ambitransitive) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7. (transitive) 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. (countable, uncountable) An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
2. (countable, uncountable) The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Synonyms

yield

give up

capitulate

submit

capitulation

give in

submission

yielding

relinquish

fall

hand over

deliver

succumb

cede

abandonment

concede

abandon

resign

quit

relinquishing

giving up

submit to

give oneself up

give

comply

obey

lose

renounce

waiver

accede

vacate

bend over

waive

succumbing

to

extradition

turn over

resign oneself to

renunciation

relinquishment

render

leave

knuckle under

resignation

rendition

give way

delivery

grant

bow

🙇

subdue

Translations

Kapitulation

capitulation

resa

arrendersi

rendirse

reddition

se rendre

céder

rendre

capituler

rendición

entregar

abandon

kapitulieren

sich ergeben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/

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.

Sentences

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