“surrendering” is a form of
surrender
/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/ verb, noun
Forms surrenders surrendering surrendered surrendre
- verb (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- verb (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- verb (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in. “Don't shoot! I surrender!”
- verb (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign. “to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage”
- verb (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc. “to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep”
- verb (ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- verb (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.
- noun An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
- noun The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- noun (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.
Synonyms
hand over betray overgive strike one's flag wave the white flag chuck up the sponge abandon bend capitulate cave in cede deplore fall in line give over give in give up give way knuckle under relinquish submit resignation giving up yielding capitulation fall deliver
Antonyms
brave control defeat dominate persevere rule stand firm stay resist
Etymology
From Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān.
From Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-Norman surrendre, infinitive as noun. Displaced native Old English handgang.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.
- verb To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
- verb To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons.
- noun The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.
Etymology [OF. surrendre to deliver; sur over + rendre to render. See Sur-, and Render.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “surrender”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details