1. Yield to an opponent, admitting defeat
   "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered";
   - give up
    
2. Relinquish possession or control over
   "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in";
   - cede, deliver, give up
    
3. Yield to a feeling, influence, or emotion
   "She surrendered to her fears"

1. The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
   "they were protected until the surrender of the fort";
   - capitulation, fall
    
2. A verbal act of admitting defeat
   "The army's surrender ended the long siege";
   - giving up, yielding
    
3. The delivery of a principal into lawful custody
   "The fugitive's surrender to the authorities ended the manhunt"; "His lawyer negotiated the terms of his surrender"
    
4. Acceptance of despair
   "Her surrender to the situation was complete";
   - resignation

Derived forms: surrendered, surrenders, surrendering

Type of: delivery, despair, gift, give, legal transfer, livery, loss, present, relinquishing, relinquishment, yield

Encyclopedia: Surrender