relinquish, yield, resign, surrender, abandon, waive mean to give up completely. relinquish usually does not imply strong feeling but may suggest some regret, reluctance, or weakness.
SURRENDER definition: 1. to stop fighting and admit defeat: 2. If you surrender to an experience or emotion, you stop…. Learn more.
- to deliver up or yield (something) to the possession or power of another on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy. 2. to give (oneself) up, as to the police. 3. to give (oneself) up to some influence, course, emotion, etc.: surrendered himself to despair. 4. to give up, abandon, or relinquish (comfort, hope, etc.).
surrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders) An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
SURRENDER definition: to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress. See examples of surrender used in a sentence.
You use surrender to refer to someone's attitude or behaviour when they lose the will to resist their feelings or the demands of other people.
To surrender is to give up control of something to someone else. If you miss curfew, your parents might make you surrender the keys to the car. Okay, it's only a minivan, but it's still cooler than being on foot patrol.
Definition of surrender verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.