Definitions for surrender

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surrender sur·ren·der

Spelling: [suh-ren-der]

IPA: /səˈrɛn dər/

Surrender is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in surrender (deenrrrsu).

Definitions for surrender

noun

1. the act or an instance of surrendering.
2. Insurance. the voluntary abandonment of a life-insurance policy by the owner for any of its nonforfeiture values.
3. the deed by which a legal surrendering is made.

verb (used with object)

1. to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress:
2. to give (oneself) up, as to the police.
3. to give (oneself) up to some influence, course, emotion, etc.:
4. to give up, abandon, or relinquish (comfort, hope, etc.).
5. to yield or resign (an office, privilege, etc.) in favor of another.

verb (used without object)

1. to give oneself up, as into the power of another; submit or yield.

Origin of surrender

1425-75; (v.) late Middle English surrendren Anglo-French surrender, Old French surrendre to give up, equivalent to sur- sur-¹ + rendre to Examples for surrender

It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.

They were asked where were the rifles they had been ordered to surrender.

We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it—now or ever.

At 15, she developed iliotibial band syndrome, injuring her knee, and had to surrender her dream.

The question then comes down to what version will the grand jury believe: Was Brown trying to surrender when shot?

The other two inscriptions, however, refused to surrender their secrets.

I have learned, and I know, that it will not surrender easily.

The indicted are not going to show up at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh to surrender to federal marshals.

We get "inside of" any classic work of literature only by this spirit of surrender.

Buddhist and Hindu literature is rich with stories of disciples finally learning to surrender in this way.