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Surrender   /sərˈɛndər/   Listen
noun
Surrender  n.  
1.
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. "That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it."
2.
(Law)
(a)
The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
(b)
The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
(c)
The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.
3.
(Insurance) The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).


verb
Surrender  v. t.  (past & past part. surrendered; pres. part. surrendering)  
1.
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.
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage. "To surrender up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them."
3.
To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
4.
(Law) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.


Surrender  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.





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"Surrender" Quotes from Famous Books



... this proposal he was given to understand, that he and his garrison must surrender themselves prisoners of war, otherwise he might next morning expect a general assault by the shipping under admiral Boscawen. The chevalier Dru-cour, piqued at the severity of these terms, replied, that he would, rather ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett
... Lizaveta Nikolaevna," Mavriky Nikolaevitch brought out suddenly at last, and what was most curious, it was impossible to tell from his tone whether it was an entreaty, a recommendation, a surrender, or ...
— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... you go again! Don't you know that flowers are wholly worthless except in so far as they pander to the gratification of a sensuous appetite? It would be a crime to surrender these opportunities to ignoble uses. You must raise vegetables here, or perhaps some of the small fruits would thrive better in this rich ...
— The House - An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice • Eugene Field
... my hand, as I fondly hoped in surrender to my appeal to those better feelings which I knew I had for once ...
— Mr. Justice Raffles • E. W. Hornung
... we insisted upon it, but I have the money here in bills. Give me a release and surrender the mortgage, and you shall have ...
— Cast Upon the Breakers • Horatio Alger


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