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sur·ren·der
I. \səˈrendə(r)\ verb
(surrendered ; surrendered ; surrendering \-d(ə)riŋ\ ; surrenders)
Etymology: Middle English surrenderen, from Middle French surrendre, from sur- + rendre to deliver, yield — more at render
transitive verb
1. : to make a surrender in law of: as
a. : to give up (an estate) to the holder in remainder or reversion
b. : to relinquish (as rights or claims under a patent) to the grantor
c. : to deliver (the principal) into lawful custody
2.
a. : to yield to the power, control, authority, or possession of another : give or deliver up possession of upon compulsion or demand : cease trying to retain or control and agree to yield
< surrendered the fort >
< forced to surrender the ship >
< the continental firm surrenders the dollars to its own bank at the official exchange rate — R.F.Mikesell >
b. : to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another : abandon, resign, or relinquish possession of usually for the sake of another : assent to loss of possession or exercise of or power or control over
< surrendered his chair to the lady >
< benefits bestowed by science which we are not anxious to surrender — J.W.Krutch >
3.
a. : to give (oneself) up into the power of another especially as a prisoner
b. : to give (oneself) over to something (as an influence or course of action) : abandon or devote (as oneself) entirely to something without restraint, reservation, or further resistance
< the individual … has surrendered himself to destructive ideologies — F.E.Hill >
< surrendered his mind to more frivolous pursuits — George Meredith >
intransitive verb
: to give oneself up into the power of another : yield
< ordered the troops to surrender >
< the enemy must soon surrender >
Synonyms: see relinquish
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Middle French surrendre to deliver, yield (taken as a noun)
1.
a. : the action of yielding one's person or giving up the possession of something into the power of another : abandonment, resignation
< complete surrender of initiative to the adversary — S.L.A.Marshall >
< the heroine's … surrender to drugs, nymphomania, or catatonic dementia — Malcolm Cowley >
b. : the action of yielding a particular estate to the person who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion, merging the surrendered estate in the greater one
< the surrender of a lease to the landlord before its expiration >
< the surrender of a legal tenancy in a copyhold estate to the lord of the manor >
— compare release, renunciation
c. : the relinquishment by a patentee of his rights or claims under a patent
d. or surrender by bail : the delivery of a principal into lawful custody by his bail
e. : the assignment of his assets to his creditors by a usually bankrupt debtor
f. : the voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of an insurance company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration — see surrender value
g. : the delivering up of a fugitive from justice by one government (as of a foreign country) to another — compare extradition 1
2. : an instance of surrendering |