3syllables
surrender
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Definitions ofsurrender
1noun
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- 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.
1verb
- To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- (by extension) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
Example: "I surrender!"
- To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
Example: "to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage"
- To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
Example: "to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep"
- To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- 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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