surrender

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Synonyms: surrendry, subgender, suspender, surrenderer, surrenderor, surrenders, subreader, quarender, quarrender, warrender

Antonyms: surrendry, subgender, suspender, surrenderer, surrenderor, surrenders, subreader, quarender, quarrender, warrender

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Verb

1. To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
2. To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3. To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
   • Don't shoot! I surrender!
4. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
   • to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
5. To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
   • to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
6. To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7. 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. 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.

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