Definition of surrender

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Surrender (v. t.) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage..

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Backdown :: Backdown (n.) A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
Surrendry :: Surrenderor (n.) One who makes a surrender, as of an estate..
Capitulate :: Capitulate (v. t.) To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions..
Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy..
Coupe-gorge :: Coupe-gorge (n.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
Fall :: Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol..
Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
Remission :: Remission (n.) The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up..
Capitulation :: Capitulation (n.) The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
Submit :: Submit (v. i.) To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
Summoner :: Summon (v. t.) To call upon to surrender, as a fort..
Remise :: Remise (n.) A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim..
Resign :: Resign (v. t.) To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively..
Put :: Put (v. t.) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
Remittal :: Remittal (n.) A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits..
Timeserving :: Timeserving (n.) An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity..
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