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surrendernoun the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of anotherthe police demanded the surrender of all hostages as a condition for allowing the hijackers safe passage out of the country capitulating, capitulation, cession, handover, relinquishment, rendition, submission, submitting acceptance, acquiescence, concessioncompromiseappeasement, conciliation, reconcilement, reconciliationcapture, fall resistance surrenderverbto give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duressthe toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot cede, cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render, turn in, turn over, yield commit, consign, entrust(also intrust), transferforfeit, release, waiveabnegate, renounce, resignabandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed keep, retain, withhold to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun blink, bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, yield acquiescedefer say uncle, throw in the towel(also throw in the sponge) resist contend, fight, hold offbattle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repelthwart, withstand to give up (as a position of authority) formallythe aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir abdicate, abnegate, cede, relinquish, renounce, resign, step aside (from), step down (from) abjure, demit, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, waiveforsake, give up, hand over, yieldabandon, desert, quit, vacate appropriate, arrogate, assume, claim, confiscateseize, take over, usurp, wrestdefend, guard, protect, safeguard, secure to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette bow, cave (in), give in, submit, succumb, yield cater (to), gratify, indulge, wallowacquiesce (to), concede (to)buckle (under), knuckle undergive over (to) hold off, resist battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, fight, meet, object, oppose, repelthwart, withstandrejectbridle, check, constrain, curb, inhibit, restrain, stifle to yield to the control or power of enemy forcesGeneral Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War capitulate, fall, give up, knuckle under, submit, succumb bow, buckle, cave (in), collapse, give (in)hand over, relinquishloseconcede, fail, fold endure, stand buck, defy, fight, oppose, repel, resist, withstandbeat, overcome, winconquer, prevail, triumph to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedlylaid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing abandon, deliver, give up, indulge, yield overdo, overindulgebask, luxuriate, revel, roll, wallow deny abstain (from), eschew, forbear, forgo(also forego), refrain (from)check, inhibit, restrain v.relinquish, yield, resign, surrender, abandon, waive mean to give up completely.relinquish usually does not imply strong feeling but may suggest some regret, reluctance, or weakness.relinquished her crown yield implies concession or compliance or submission to force.the troops yielded ground grudgingly resign emphasizes voluntary relinquishment or sacrifice without struggle.resigned her position surrender implies a giving up after a struggle to retain or resist.surrendered their claims abandon stresses finality and completeness in giving up.abandoned all hope waive implies conceding or forgoing with little or no compulsion.waived the right to a trial by jury in the 15th century |