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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
etc.
757;
riddance.
derelict
etc.
adj.;
foundling;
jetsam,
waif.
discards,
culls,
rejects;
garbage,
refuse,
rubbish.
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Roget 859:
hopelessness
etc.
adj.;
despair,
desperation;
despondency,
depression
etc.
(dejection)
837;
pessimism,
pessimist;
Job's comforter;
bird of bad omen,
bird of ill omen.
abandonment,
desolation;
resignation,
surrender,
submission
etc.
725.
hope deferred,
dashed hopes;
vain expectation
etc.
(disappointment)
509.
airy hopes
etc.
etc.
858;
forlorn hope;
gone case,
dead duck,
gone coon [U.S.];
goner [Slang];
bad job,
bad business;
enfant perdu [Fr.];
gloomy horizon,
black spots in the horizon;
slough of Despond,
cave of Despair;
immedicabile vulnus [Lat.].
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Roget 725:
submission,
yielding;
nonresistance;
obedience
etc.
743.
surrender,
cession,
capitulation,
resignation;
backdown†.
obeisance,
homage,
kneeling,
genuflexion†,
courtesy,
curtsy,
kowtow,
prostration.
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2 surrender
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
etc.
(be dejected)
837;
jeter le manche apres la cognee [Fr.].
inspire despair,
drive to despair
etc.
n.;
disconcert;
dash one's hopes,
crush one's hopes,
destroy one's hopes;
hope against hope.
abandon;
resign,
surrender,
submit
etc.
725.
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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;
cede,
capitulate,
come to terms,
retreat,
beat a retreat;
draw in one's horns
etc.
(humility)
879;
give way,
give round,
give in,
give up;
cave in;
suffer judgment by default;
bend,
bend to one's yoke,
bend before the storm;
reel back;
bend down,
knuckle down,
knuckle to,
knuckle under;
knock under.
eat dirt,
eat the leek,
eat humble pie;
bite the dust,
lick the dust;
be at one's feet,
fall at one's feet;
craven;
crouch before,
throw oneself at the feet of;
swallow the leek,
swallow the pill;
kiss the rod;
turn the other cheek;
avaler les couleuvres [Fr.],
gulp down.
obey
etc.
743;
kneel to,
bow to,
pay homage to,
cringe to,
truckle to;
bend the neck,
bend the knee;
kneel,
fall on one's knees,
bow submission,
courtesy,
curtsy,
kowtow.
pocket the affront;
make the best of,
make a virtue of necessity;
grin and abide,
grin and bear it,
shrug the shoulders,
resign oneself;
submit with a good grace
etc.
(bear with)
826.
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Roget 782:
relinquish,
give up,
surrender,
yield,
cede;
let go,
let slip;
spare,
drop,
resign,
forego,
renounce,
abandon,
expropriate†,
give away,
dispose of,
part with;
lay aside,
lay apart,
lay down,
lay on the shelf
etc.
(disuse)
678;
set aside,
put aside,
put away;
make away with,
cast behind;
maroon.
give notice to quit,
give warning;
supersede;
be rid of,
get rid of,
be quit of,
get quit of;
eject
etc.
297.
rid oneself of,
disburden oneself of,
divest oneself of,
dispossess oneself of;
wash one's hands of.
discard,
cast off,
dismiss;
cast away,
throw away,
pitch away,
fling away,
cast aside,
cast overboard,
cast to the dogs,
throw aside,
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs,
pitch aside,
pitch overboard,
pitch to the dogs,
fling aside,
fling overboard,
fling to the dogs;
cast to the winds,
throw to the winds,
sweep to the winds;
put away,
turn away,
sweep away;
jettison;
reject.
quit one's hold,
quitclaim.
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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.
(soft)
324;
undefended.
untenable,
indefensible;
humble
etc.
879.
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