Sekirov Dictionary

surrender

/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/

verb7

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

noun3

  1. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
  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.
forms

surrendered · surrendering · surrendereth · surrenders · surrenderest

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