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surrender

(s/@/'r/E/nd/@/r )

acceptance of despair(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
resignation

source: wordnet30
a verbal act of admitting defeat(noun.communication)

Synonym:
giving up, yielding

source: wordnet30
the delivery of a principal into lawful custody(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)(noun.act)

Synonym:
capitulation, fall

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).(noun)

source: webster1913

give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another(verb.competition)

Example:
The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered.

Synonym:
give up
Antonym:
hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand

source: wordnet30
relinquish possession or control over(verb.possession)

Example:
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in.

Synonym:
cede, deliver, give up

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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