surrender

English

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  • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/
  • (rhotic) IPA(key): /səˈɹɛndɚ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: sur‧ren‧der

Etymology 1

    From Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān.

    Verb

    surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)

    1. (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
      Synonyms: hand over, betray, overgive
    2. (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
    3. (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
      Synonyms: strike one's flag, wave the white flag, chuck up the sponge
      Don't shoot! I surrender!
    4. (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
      to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
    5. (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
      to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
    6. (ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
    7. (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.
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    Etymology 2

    From Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-Norman surrendre, infinitive as noun.[1] Displaced native Old English handgang.

    Noun

    surrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders)

    1. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
    2. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
    3. (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.
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    References

    1. ^ “surrendre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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