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surrender

verb
/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English surrendren English surrender From Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān.

  1. derived from surrendre
  2. inherited from surrendren

Definitions

  1. To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.

  2. To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.

  3. To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner

    To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.

    • Don't shoot! I surrender!
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. To give up possession of

      To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.

      • to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

    2. To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.

      • to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep

    3. To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.

    4. For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its…

      For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

    5. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another

      An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

    6. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.

    7. The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy…

      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.

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Derived

resurrender, surrenderable, surrender at discretion, surrenderee, surrenderer, surrenderingly, surrenderism, surrenderist, surrenderor, unsurrendered, unsurrendering, cheese-eating surrender monkey, nonsurrender, presurrender, prosurrender, surrender monkey, unconditional surrender

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at surrender. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01surrender02enemy03injury04damage05cost06relinquishment07relinquishing08relinquish

A definitional loop anchored at surrender. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at surrender

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA