Overview of noun surrender

The noun surrender has 4 senses

• resignation, surrender -- (acceptance of despair)


• giving up, yielding, surrender -- (a verbal act of admitting defeat)


• surrender -- (the delivery of a principal into lawful custody)


• capitulation, fall, surrender -- (the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort")

Overview of verb surrender

The verb surrender has 2 senses

• surrender, give up -- (give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered")


• surrender, cede, deliver, give up -- (relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in")