surrender

Nouns

  • (n) acceptance of despair resignation,
  • (n) a verbal act of admitting defeat giving up, yielding,
  • (n) the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
  • (n) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
    • they were protected until the capitulation of the fort
    capitulation, fall,

Verbs

  • (v) give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
    • The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
    give up,
  • (v) relinquish possession or control over
    • The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
    cede, give up, deliver,

Synonyms

give up resignation giving up yielding cede deliver capitulation fall

Antonyms

stand firm hold out resist withstand

Words of close approximity

surrenderer