1. (v.t.)surrender 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. surrender to give (oneself) up, as to the police.
3. surrender to give (oneself) up to some influence, course, emotion, etc.: surrendered himself to despair.
4. surrender to give up, abandon, or relinquish (comfort, hope, etc.).
5. surrender to yield or resign (an office, privilege, etc.) in favor of another.
6. (v.i.)surrender to give oneself up, as into the power of another; submit or yield.
7. (n.)surrender an act or instance of surrendering.
Etymology: (1425–75; < OF surrendre to give up =sur-sur -1+rendre to render1)
Definition of 'Surrender'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)resignation, surrender acceptance of despair
2. (noun)giving up, yielding, surrender a verbal act of admitting defeat
3. (noun)surrender the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
4. (verb)capitulation, fall, surrender the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
5. (verb)surrender, give up give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
6. (verb)surrender, cede, deliver, give up relinquish possession or control over "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
1. (verb)surrender to give up fighting because you know you cannot win I would rather die than surrender.
2. surrender to give sth to sb in authority He was ordered to surrender his weapon.; the army's surrender
Definition of 'Surrender'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Surrender 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
2. (noun)Surrender the yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion
3. (noun)Surrender the giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail
4. (noun)Surrender the delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition
5. (verb)Surrender 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
6. (verb)Surrender to give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
7. (verb)Surrender 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
8. (verb)Surrender 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
9. (verb)Surrender 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
Definitions of Surrender 
Afrikaans: oorgee
Arabic: يَسْتَسْلِم، يُسَلِّمُ لِ
Bulgarian: капитулирам
Brazilian: render-se
Czech: vzdát se
German: sich ergeben
Danish: overgive sig
Greek: παραδίνομαι
Spanish: rendirse
Estonian: alistuma
Farsi: تسليم كردن
Finnish: antautua
French: se rendre
Hebrew: לְהִיכָּנַע
Hindi: आत्म समर्पण करना, हार मान
Croatian: predati se
Hungarian: megadja magát
Indonesian: menyerah
Icelandic: gefast upp
Italian: arrendersi
Japanese: 降参する
Korean: 항복하다
Lithuanian: pasiduoti, kapituliuoti
Latvian: padoties
Malay: menyerah kalah
Dutch: (zich) overgeven
Norwegian: overgi seg, kapitulere
Polish: poddawać się
Persian: تسليم كردن
Pashto: تسلیمول
Portuguese: render-se
Romanian: a se preda
Russian: сдаваться
Slovak: vzdať sa
Slovenian: vdati se
Serbian: predati se
Swedish: ge sig, kapitulera
Thai: ยอมแพ้
Turkish: teslim olmak
Taiwanese: 投降
Ukrainian: здавати(ся)
Urdu: حوالے کرنا، ہتھیار ڈالنا
Vietnamese: chịu thua, đầu hàng
Chinese: 投降
