surrender

noun

1. acceptance of despair

Similar word(s): resignation

Definition categories: feeling, despair

2. a verbal act of admitting defeat

Similar word(s): yielding

Definition categories: communication, relinquishing, relinquishment

3. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

Definition categories: act, delivery, livery

4. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

Similar word(s): capitulation, fall

Definition categories: act, loss

verb

1. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

- The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered

Definition categories: competition, yield

2. relinquish possession or control over

- The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in

Similar word(s): cede, deliver

Definition categories: possession, gift, give, present