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  1. surrendering

    Surrendering is a song written by Alanis Morissette, and produced by her for her fifth album, Under Rug Swept (2002). The song was the last Morissette wrote for the album. According to her, it is "about the gratitude that I feel for someone tapping into the courage that it takes to allow themselves to be loved and to ... listen to [their fears] and still move through them. And how thrilling it is for me to be able to be let in in that kind of way. And how healing it is ultimately for both the person I'm singing about and myself." She has described it as "a very peaceful, joyful song". The subject of "Surrendering" is a man Morissette was dating as of March 2002.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Surrendering

    of Surrender

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  1. Surrendering

    "Surrendering" is a pop rock song written by Alanis Morissette, and produced by her for her sixth album, Under Rug Swept. The song was the last Morissette wrote for the album. According to her, it is "about the gratitude that I feel for someone tapping into the courage that it takes to allow themselves to be loved and to ... listen to [their fears] and still move through them. And how thrilling it is for me to be able to be let in in that kind of way. And how healing it is ultimately for both the person I'm singing about and myself." She has described it as "a very peaceful, joyful song". The subject of "Surrendering" is a man Morissette was dating as of March 2002.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of surrendering in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of surrendering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of surrendering in a Sentence

  1. Alameda County:

    The surveillance video footage is disgusting and reminds me of Rodney King. Those deputies viciously attacked a man who appeared to be surrendering. They beat him with their batons even though he was not resisting, this is clearly excessive force.

  2. Raoul Vaneigem:

    We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.

  3. Ted Cruz:

    Obama is committed to his principles, we need to stop surrendering and start standing up for our principles.

  4. Marty Bustamonte:

    The media only shows you a certain perception of what's really going on, they show, you know, groups of immigrants walking up to work from surrendering, and just basically the story is over. But in reality, some people don't make it.

  5. Tim Scott:

    I think we have to continue to find a space of common ground that is as large as possible before surrendering anything, i think there's been like the same group of issues that we've been circling around and so hopefully we'll meet with Tim Scott tomorrow to find out where Tim Scott is.

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