Definition of surrender

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Surrender (v. t.) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage..

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Remittitur :: Remittitur (n.) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages..
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into..
Concede :: Concede (v. t.) To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question..
Expropriate :: Expropriate (v. t.) To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights..
Overgive :: Overgive (v. t.) To give over; to surrender; to yield.
Resign :: Resign (v. t.) To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively..
Render :: Render (v. t.) To give up; to yield; to surrender.
Cessionary :: Cessionary (a.) Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt..
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest..
Backdown :: Backdown (n.) A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
Surreption :: Surrendry (n.) Surrender.
Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..
Capitulate :: Capitulate (n.) To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates..
Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..
Remise :: Remise (v. t.) To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
Put :: Put (v. t.) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
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