What does Surrender mean?
Definitions for Surrender
səˈrɛn dərsur·ren·der
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Surrender.
Princeton's WordNet
resignation, surrendernoun
acceptance of despair
giving up, yielding, surrendernoun
a verbal act of admitting defeat
surrendernoun
the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
capitulation, fall, surrenderverb
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
surrender, give upverb
give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
"The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
surrender, cede, deliver, give upverb
relinquish possession or control over
"The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
Wiktionary
surrendernoun
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
surrendernoun
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
surrendernoun
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.
surrenderverb
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (Military) to yield (land, a town, etc.) to an enemy.
surrenderverb
To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in to.
Etymology: Anglo-Norman, representing Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre ‘render’.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Surrender, Surrendrynoun
Etymology: from the verb.
Our general mother, with eyes
Of conjugal attraction unreprov’d,
And meek surrender, half-embracing lean’d
On our first father. John Milton, Paradise Lost.Having mustered up all the forces he could, the clouds above and the deeps below, he prepares for a surrender; asserting, from a mistaken computation, that all these will not come up to near the quantity requisite. John Woodward.
Juba’s surrender
Would give up Africk unto Cæsar’s hands. Addison.If our father carry authority with such disposition as he bears, this last surrender of his will but offend us. William Shakespeare.
That hope quickly vanished upon the undoubted intelligence of that surrender. Edward Hyde.
As oppressed states made themselves homagers to the Romans to engage their protection, so we should have made an entire surrendry of ourselves to God, that we might have gained a title to his deliverances. Decay of Piety.
In passing a thing away by deed of gift, are required a surrender on the giver’s part, of all the property he has in it; and to the making of a thing sacred, this surrender by its right owner is necessary. Robert South, Sermons.
To SURRENDERverb
Etymology: surrendre, old French.
Solemn dedication of churches serve not only to make them publick, but further also to surrender up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them, and to make God himself their owner. Richard Hooker.
Ripe age bade him surrender late,
His life and long good fortune unto final fate. Edward Fairfax.He willing to surrender up the castle, forbade his soldiers to have any talk with the enemy. Richard Knolles.
To Surrenderverb
To yield; to give ones self up.
This mighty Archimedes too surrenders now. Joseph Glanvill.
Wikipedia
Surrender
Surrender is the fourth single from Canadian music group Billy Talent off their triple platinum selling album, Billy Talent II. The single was released on April 2, 2007. The music video for it was shot in early February by Phil Harder.
ChatGPT
surrender
Surrender is the act of giving up, abandoning, or relinquishing control, authority, or possession of something, especially in response to a superior force, power, or circumstance. It may involve surrendering one's will, rights, beliefs, or possessions to another entity or accepting defeat or submission. Surrender can be voluntary, coerced, or forced, and it often implies yielding to an opposing force with a sense of resignation or acceptance of the inevitable outcome.
Webster Dictionary
Surrenderverb
to yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship
Surrenderverb
to give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
Surrenderverb
to yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
Surrenderverb
to yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion
Surrenderverb
to give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons
Surrendernoun
the act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right
Surrendernoun
the yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion
Surrendernoun
the giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail
Surrendernoun
the delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition
Etymology: [OF. surrendre to deliver; sur over + rendre to render. See Sur-, and Render.]
Wikidata
Surrender
Surrender is the cessation of fighting by soldiers, naval craft, nations or other combatants and their eventually becoming prisoners of war, either as individuals or when ordered to by their officers. A white flag or handkerchief is a common symbol of surrender, as is the gesture of raising one's hands empty and open above one's head. When a tank commander is surrendering, the tank's turret should be turned opposite the direction of the opposing forces. Normally, a surrender will involve the handing over of weapons; in European warfare of earlier centuries, the commanding officer of a surrendering force would specifically offer up his sword to the victorious commander. Flags and ensigns are hauled down or furled, and ships' colours are struck to signal a surrender. When the parties agree to terms, the surrender may be conditional, i.e. if the surrendering party promises to submit only after the victor makes certain promises. Otherwise it is a surrender at discretion; the victor makes no promises of treatment other than those provided by the laws and customs of war — most of which are laid out in the Hague Conventions and the Geneva Conventions. Normally a belligerent will only agree to surrender unconditionally if completely incapable of continuing hostilities.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Surrender
sur-ren′dėr, v.t. to deliver over: to resign.—v.i. to yield up one's self to another.—n. act of yielding, or giving up to another.—ns. Surrenderee′, one to whom a legal surrender is made; Surren′derer, one who surrenders; Surren′deror (law), one who makes a surrender; Surren′dry, Surren′dery (obs.), a surrender. [O. Fr. surrendre, from sur, over—L. super, over, rendre—L. reddĕre, to render.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
surrender
To lay down your arms, and give yourself up as a prisoner of war. Also, the act of giving up, as the surrender of a town or garrison.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Surrender' in Verbs Frequency: #1010
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Surrender in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Surrender in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Surrender in a Sentence
Death is the enemy. I spent 10 years of my life singlemindedly studying, practicing, fighting hand to hand in close quarters to defeat the enemy, to send him back bloodied and humble and I am not going to roll over and surrender.
Evolve your understanding of success from the outer realm of control, materialism, and ego, to the inner realm of surrender, spirituality, and compassion.
This bizarre but prevalent ideology that permeates these policy measures purports to act in the name of justice for the marginalized. But it frowns upon American institutions. It rejects merit and achievement. And it advocates identity essentialism, we reject this woke ideology. We seek normalcy, not philosophical lunacy. We will not allow reality, facts and truth to become optional. We will never surrender to the woke mob. Florida is where woke goes to die.
There are some on both the right and the left who want to exploit the current crisis by calling on Americans to surrender our constitutional liberties as the only way to ensure our safety.
The reality of the matter, what Vladimir Putin wants, is something we can not give Vladimir Putin through diplomacy. Vladimir Putin wants to control Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants to, in many ways, reset the European security order that was agreed to after the Cold War, it seems to me Vladimir Putin wants to threaten us into unilateral surrender and Joe Biden went out today and said it's not going to happen.
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- استسلام, استسلمArabic
- kapitulieren, Kapitulation, Ergebung, sich ergebenGerman
- παραδίνομαι, παράδοσηGreek
- kapitulacoEsperanto
- abandonar, capitular, rendir, rendirse, entregarSpanish
- loovutama, allaandmine, alistumaEstonian
- luovuttaminen, antautuminen, luopuminen, antautua, luovuttaa, luovutusFinnish
- abandon, capituler, reddition, capitulation, se rendreFrench
- thoir suas, gèilleadh, thoir thairis, gèillScottish Gaelic
- menyerahIndonesian
- arrendersiItalian
- 自首する, 放棄する, 放棄, 譲渡, 降伏, 投降, 降服, 降服する, 自首, 投降する, 譲渡するJapanese
- haurarotanga, whakahauraro, hauraroMāori
- overgaveDutch
- render, entregar, capitular, render-se, entregar-sePortuguese
- капитуляция, сдавать, сдача, сдаваться, сдаться, сдать, капитулироватьRussian
- ge sig, ge uppSwedish
- లొంగుబాటు, లొంగిపోTelugu
- teslim olmak, teslim olma, teslim etmekTurkish
- đầu hàngVietnamese
- 投降Chinese
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