[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surrender \surren"der\, 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.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surrender \surren"der\, 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.
      1913 webster

            that he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender
            in trust of the whole of it.          --burke.
      1913 webster

   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. --wharton.
          1913 webster

   3. insurance the voluntary cancellation of the legal
      liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary
      for a consideration called the

   surrender value.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
extradition surrender value 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surrender \surren"der\, v. t. imp.  p. p. surrendered; p.
   pr.  vb. n. surrendering. of. surrendre to deliver; sur
   over + rendre to render. see sur-, and render.
   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.
      1913 webster

   2. to give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to
      surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
      1913 webster

            to surrender up that right which otherwise their
            founders might have in them.          --hooker.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
surrendered surrendering sur- render 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

surrender
     n 1: acceptance of despair syn: resignation
     2: a verbal act of admitting defeat syn: giving up, yielding
     3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
     4: the act of surrendering under agreed conditions; "they
        were protected until the capitulation of the fort" syn: capitulation,
         fall
     v 1: give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of
          another; "the last taleban fighters finally surrendered"
          syn: give up ant: resist
     2: relinquish possession or control over; "the squatters had to
        surrender the building after the police moved in" syn: cede,
         deliver, give up
     3: relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of
        another syn: relinquish
see also:
resignation giving up yielding capitulation fall give up 
resist cede deliver relinquish 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

242 moby thesaurus words for "surrender":
   abalienate, abalienation, abandon, abandonment,
   abatement of differences, abdicate, abdication, abjuration, abjure,
   abjurement, accommodate, accommodation, accordance,
   acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, adjust, adjustment, alien, alienate,
   alienation, amortization, amortize, amortizement, appeasement,
   arrangement, assign, assignation, assignment, award, awarding,
   bargain, bargain and sale, barter, beg a truce, bequeath,
   bequeathal, bestowal, bestowment, capitulate, capitulation, cease,
   cede, ceding, cession, circulate, come across with, come to terms,
   commit, communication, comply, compose, composition, compound,
   compromise, concede, concession, confer, conferment, conferral,
   consign, consignation, consignment, contribution, convey,
   conveyance, conveyancing, cop out, cop-out, crumble, cry pax,
   cry quits, deal, deed, deed over, deeding, deliver, deliver over,
   deliverance, delivery, demise, desertion of principle, desist from,
   devolve upon, disgorge, dispensation, dispense with, disposal,
   dispose of, disposition, distribute, do without, donation, drop,
   dropping out, duck responsibility, dump, dumping, endowment,
   enfeoff, enfeoffment, entrust, evade responsibility,
   evasion of responsibility, exchange, forgo, forgoing, fork over,
   forsake, forswear, forswearing, forward, furnishment,
   get along without, get rid of, getting rid of, gifting, give,
   give and take, give away, give in, give out, give over,
   give title to, give up, give way, give-and-take, giving, giving in,
   giving over, giving up, giving way, go down, go fifty-fifty,
   go under, grant, granting, hand, hand down, hand in, hand on,
   hand out, hand over, handing over, have done with, impartation,
   impartment, implore mercy, investiture, kiss good-bye, lay down,
   lease and release, leave, leave off, letting go, liberality,
   make a deal, make a sacrifice, make an adjustment,
   make concessions, make over, meet halfway, mutual concession,
   negotiate, offer, part with, pass, pass on, pass out, pass over,
   play politics, pray for quarter, presentation, presentment,
   provision, quit, quitclaim, reach, reach a compromise, recant,
   recantation, recedence, recession, release, relinquish,
   relinquishment, render, render up, renounce, renouncement,
   renunciation, resign, resignation, retract, retraction, retreat,
   riddance, sacrifice, sale, say uncle, sell, settle, settle on,
   settlement, settling, sign away, sign over, spare,
   split the difference, strike a balance, strike a bargain,
   submission, submit, subscription, succumb, supplying, swear off,
   swearing off, take the mean, throw up, trade, trading, transfer,
   transference, transferral, transmission, transmit, transmittal,
   turn in, turn over, turn up, turning over, understanding, vacate,
   vesting, vouchsafement, waive, waiver, white flag, withdrawing,
   yield, yield the palm, yielding

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

surrender, estates, conveyancing. a yielding up of an estate for life or 
years to him who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which 
the lesser estate is merged in the greater by mutual agreement, co. litt. 
337, b. 
     2. a surrender is of a nature directly opposite to a release; for, as 
the latter operates by the greater estate descending upon the less, the 
former is the falling of a less estate into a greater, by deed. a surrender 
immediately divests the estate of the surrenderer, and vests it in the 
surrenderee, even without the assent q.v. of the latter. touchs. 300, 301. 
     3. the technical and proper words of this conveyance are, surrender and 
yield up; but any form of words; by which the intention. of the parties is 
sufficiently manifested, will operate as a surrender, perk. sec. 607; 1 term 
rep. 441; com. dig. surrender, a. 
     4. the surrender may be express or implied. the latter is when an 
estate, incompatible with the existing estate, is accepted or the lessee 
takes a new lease of the same lands. 16 johns. rep. 28; 2 wils. 26; 1 barn. 
 a. 50; 2 barn.  a. 119; 5 taunt. 518, and see 6 east, r. 86; 9 barn.  
cr. 288 7 watts, r. 128. vide, generally, cruise, dig. tit. 32, c. 7; com. 
dig. h.t.; vin. ab. h.t.; 4 kent, com. 102; nels. ab. h.t.; rolle's ab. h.t. 
11 east, r. 317, n. 
     5. the deed or instrument by which a surrender is made, is also called 
a surrender. for the law of presumption of surrenders, see math. on pres. 
ch. 13, p. 236; addis. on contr. 658-661. 

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