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

1. Acceptance of despair
   - resignation
    
2. A verbal act of admitting defeat
   - giving up, yielding
    
3. The delivery of a principal into lawful custody
    
4. The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
   "they were protected until the surrender of the fort";
   - capitulation, fall

Derived forms: surrenders, surrendering, surrendered

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

Encyclopedia: Surrender