Lexic.us

Definition of Surrender

1. Noun. Acceptance of despair.

2. Verb. Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another. "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"

3. Noun. A verbal act of admitting defeat.

4. Verb. Relinquish possession or control over. "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

5. Noun. The delivery of a principal into lawful custody.

6. Noun. The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions). "They were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

Definition of Surrender

1. v. t. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.

2. v. i. To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons.

3. n. The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.

4. n. The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).

Definition of Surrender

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surrender

surras surreal surrealism surrealisms surrealist surrealistic surrealists surreally surrebut surrebuts

surrebuttal surrebutter surrebutters surrejoinder surrejoinders surrender (current term) surrendered surrenderer surrendering surrenders

surreptitious surreptitiously surrey surreys surrogacies surrogacy surrogate surrogated surrogates surrogate mother

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