Surrender

/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
2. (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3. (intransitive or 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, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7. (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
8. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

Example Sentences

Don't shoot! I surrender!

to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

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

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Word Forms

• surrenders
• surrendering
• surrendered
• surrendre

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