Dictionary Definition
surrender
Noun
1 acceptance of despair [syn: resignation]
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]
Verb
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
/səˈrɛndə/Verb
- To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (Military) to yield (land, a town, etc.) to an enemy.
- italbrac intransitive or reflexive To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in to.
Translations
transitive: to give up into the power, control,
or possession of another
intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up
into the power of another
- ttbc Arabic:
- ttbc Chinese: 投降 (tóuxiáng)
- ttbc Dutch: zich overgeven
- ttbc French: se rendre
- ttbc German: sich ergeben, übergeben, ausliefern, abtreten, verzichten auf etwas, aufgeben (1,2), kapitulieren (1,2)
- ttbc Italian: arrendersi
- ttbc Korean: 항복하다 (hangbokhada)
- ttbc Latin: tradere
- ttbc Portuguese: render-se
- ttbc Scottish Gaelic: gèill, thoir suas
- ttbc Slovene: vdati se, predati se
- ttbc Telugu: లొంగు (loMgu), లొంగిపోవు (loMgipOvu)
- ttbc Turkish: teslim olmak
- ttbc Welsh: ymroddi
Noun
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- law property law The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
Translations
an act of surrendering
- Estonian: allaandmine
- Finnish: antautuminen
- German: Kapitulation
- Japanese: qualifier military 降服, 投降; qualifier criminal 自首; qualifier property 譲渡, 放棄
the yielding or delivery of a possession in
response to a demand
- Finnish: luopuminen, luovuttaminen
- Japanese: qualifier military 降服, 投降; qualifier property 譲渡
law, property law: the yielding of the leasehold
estate by the lessee to the landlord
- Finnish: luovutus
- Japanese: qualifier property 譲渡
Extensive Definition
Surrender or surrendering may refer to:
- Surrender (military), capitulation
- Surrender (spirituality and psychology), the relinquishment of one's own will
- Surrender (film), starring Sally Field and Michael Caine
- Surrender (1931 film), starring Warner Baxter
In music
- Surrender (band), an anarcho peace punk band from the bay area, California.
- Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album), an album by The Chemical Brothers
- Surrender (Diana Ross album), an album by Diana Ross
- Surrender, an album by Bliss Blood's group The Moonlighters
- Surrender, an album by Kut Klose
- "Surrender", a Kut Klose song on the album
- "Surrender", an album by Camille Jones
- "Surrender" (Electric Light Orchestra song), an Electric Light Orchestra song
- "Surrender" (Billy Talent song), a Billy Talent song
- "Surrender" (Cheap Trick song), a Cheap Trick song
- "Surrendering" (song), a 2002 song by Alanis Morissette on the album Under Rug Swept
- "Surrender" (Elvis Presley song), an Italian song rearranged by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, which became an Elvis Presley hit single and was covered by many artists
- "Surrender", a k.d. lang song written for the Tomorrow Never Dies film soundtrack
- "Surrender", a Perry Como U.S. number-one single from 1946
- "Surrender", B-side to Depeche Mode's 1998 single "Only When I Lose Myself"
- "Surrender", an Ashlee Simpson song on Autobiography
- "Surrender", a U2 song on War
- "Surrender", a Roxette song on Pearls of Passion
- "Surrender", a Swing Out Sister song on It's Better to Travel
- "Surrender", a song by Laura Pausini on From the Inside
- "Surrender", a song by Trixter from the self-titled album Trixter''
- "Surrender", a song by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers written in 1977 but unreleased until 2000 on Anthology: Through the Years
In computers
- "SurRender", a commercial 3D rendering engine from Hybrid that was available in the late '90s, before being abandoned. See also: dPVS
In books
- Surrender (novel), a psychological thriller by Sonya Hartnett
- Surrendered Wife and The Surrendered Single, self-help books by Laura Doyle
Distinguish from
- The Indian man's name Surindar or Surender or similar.
surrender in French: Surrender
surrender in Polish: Surrender
surrender in Portuguese: Surrender
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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