Definitions from Wiktionary ( )

▸ verb:  (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
▸ verb:  (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
▸ verb:  (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
▸ verb:  (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
▸ verb:  (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
▸ noun:  An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
▸ noun:  The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
▸ noun:  (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.

---

▸ Word origin

▸ Words similar to surrender
▸ Usage examples for surrender

▸ Idioms related to surrender
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing surrender
▸ Words that often appear near surrender
▸ Rhymes of surrender

▸ Invented words related to surrender