Pronunciations (3)
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/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/
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/səˈɹɛndɚ/
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səˈɹɛndəɹ
Verb
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
Usage- Transitive
To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
Usage- broadly
- Transitive
To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
Usage- Intransitive
- Reflexive
- Examples
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Don't shoot! I surrender!
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
Usage- Transitive
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to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
Usage- Reflexive
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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.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
Usage- 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.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
Noun
acceptance of despair
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
a verbal act of admitting defeat
- Broader terms
the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
- Broader terms
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
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they were protected until the capitulation of the fort
Verb
give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
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The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
relinquish possession or control over
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The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in