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surrender

noun

1 surrender

Acceptance of despair.

synonym: resignation.

Roget 782: relinquishment, abandonment etc. (of a course) 624; renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation ... show more

Roget 859: hopelessness etc. adj.; despair, desperation; despondency, depression etc. (dejection) 837; pessimism, pessimist; Job's comforter; bird of bad omen, ... show more

Roget 725: submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience etc. 743.    surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation; backdown.    obeisance, homage, kneeling, ... show more

2 surrender

A verbal act of admitting defeat.

synonyms: giving up, yielding.

Polish: ulegnięcie

3 surrender

The delivery of a principal into lawful custody.

4 surrender

The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).

synonyms: capitulation, fall.

Dutch: capitulatie
Polish: kapitulacja

verb

1 surrender

Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another:
— The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered.

synonym: give up.

Roget 859: despair; lose all hope, give up all hope, abandon all hope, relinquish all hope, lose the hope of, give up the hope of, abandon the hope of, relinquish the hope of; give up, give over; yield to despair; falter; despond ... show more

Dutch: capituleren, overgeven

2 surrender

Relinquish possession or control over:
— The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in.

synonyms: cede, deliver, give up.

Roget 725: succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to.    lay down one's arms, deliver up one's arms; lower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors.    surrender, surrender at discretion; ... show more

Roget 782: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abalienate, abalienation, abandon, abandonment, abatement of differences, abdicate, abdication, abjuration, abjure, abjurement, accommodate, accommodation, accordance, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, adjust, adjustment, alien, alienate, alienation ... show more.

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surrendering

adjective

Roget 725: surrendering etc. v.; submissive, resigned, crouching; downtrodden; down on one's marrow bones; on one's bended knee; unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting; pliant etc. ... show more

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