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Surrender   /sərˈɛndər/   Listen
noun
Surrender  n.  
1.
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. "That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it."
2.
(Law)
(a)
The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
(b)
The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
(c)
The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.
3.
(Insurance) The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).


verb
Surrender  v. t.  (past & past part. surrendered; pres. part. surrendering)  
1.
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.
2.
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage. "To surrender up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them."
3.
To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
4.
(Law) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.


Surrender  v. i.  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.





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"Surrender" Quotes from Famous Books



... December, where he suffered a loss of seventeen men. On Christmas Day came an engagement near Munfordsville, and then the notorious leader attacked the stockade at Bacon Creek. A vigorous resistance was made, but the explosion of a number of shells within the enclosure made a surrender necessary, and this was followed by the burning of the bridge across Bacon Creek, after which Morgan advanced to Nolan, where ...
— An Undivided Union • Oliver Optic
... which it had no official acquaintance. Under what circumstances and why did it do that? The Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite is connected by its legend with the Templars, and for the Charleston Supreme Council to part with the trophies of the tradition seems no less unlikely than for a regiment to surrender its colours. ...
— Devil-Worship in France - or The Question of Lucifer • Arthur Edward Waite
... who finds herself rejected and befooled. "Really, I am surprised at myself for persecuting you so relentlessly. Not satisfied with depriving you of your timepiece for two whole months, I actually am unable to surrender my—my ill-gotten booty without giving you an uncomfortable feeling that I want to task your beneficence further yet. Well, I've not a word to say for myself. I had no grudge to pay. I'm sure your conduct to me has always been—most ...
— Bressant • Julian Hawthorne
... of agitation was still further kept alive by conflicts between the Northern and Southern States respecting the reclamation of fugitives from crime. Virginia had demanded of New York the surrender of three colored sailors who were charged with having aided a slave to escape. Governor Seward refused to deliver them up, for the reason that the Constitutional provision on the subject must be so understood as that States would only be required ...
— Political Recollections - 1840 to 1872 • George W. Julian
... terms upon which the Indians could secure peace were unconditional submission and uniform good conduct; but "as for yourself," he said, "if you do not like the terms, no advantage shall be taken of your present surrender. You are at liberty to depart and resume hostilities when you please. But if you are taken then, your life shall pay the forfeit ...
— The Big Brother - A Story of Indian War • George Cary Eggleston


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