surrender

Definitions of surrender in various dictionaries:

noun - acceptance of despair

noun - a verb al act of admitting defeat

noun - the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

noun - the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

verb - give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

verb - relinquish possession or control over

To relinquish possession or control of to another because of demand or compulsion.

To give up in favor of another.

To give up or give back (something that has been granted): surrender a contractual right.

To give up or abandon: surrender all hope.

To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion: surrendered himself to grief.

To restore (an estate, for example), especially to give up (a lease) before expiration of the term.

The act or an instance of surrendering.

Law.

The delivery of a prisoner, fugitive from justice, or other principal in a suit into legal custody.

The act of surrendering or of being surrendered to bail.

These noun s denote the act of giving up one’s person, one’s possessions, or people under one’s command to the authority, power, or control of another.