surrender

surrender

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sur‧ren‧der¹ /səˈrendə $ -ər/ verb1. [intransitive] to say officially that you want to stop fighting, because you realize that you cannot win:
    Germany surrendered on May 7th, 1945.
    The terrorists were given ten minutes to surrender.
2. [intransitive and transitive] to go to the police or the authorities, and say that you want to stop trying to escape from them
    surrender (yourself) to somebody
    He immediately surrendered himself to the authorities.
3. [transitive] to give up something or someone, especially because you are forced to:
    They agreed to surrender their weapons.
    She was reluctant to surrender her independence.
    Marchers who had cameras were forced to surrender their film.
4. surrender to something to allow yourself to be controlled or influenced by something:
    Colette surrendered to temptation and took out a cigarette.
5. [transitive] formal to give something such as a ticket or a passport to an official
    surrender something to somebody
    Steir voluntarily surrendered his license to the State.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ surrender to say officially that you want to stop fighting, especially in a war, because you realize that you cannot win – used about people and countries: Two days later, the rebels surrendered. | Japan surrendered in August 1945.
   ▪ give in to accept that you cannot win a game, argument, fight etc and stop trying to win it: The players refused to give in and eventually won the game 4-3 in extra time. | The negotiations went on for days and neither side was prepared to give in.
   ▪ admit/accept defeat to accept that you have not won something: In July 1905, Russia admitted defeat in its war with Japan. | She wanted to run for the Presidency and refused to accept defeat.
   ▪ concede formal to say that you are not going to win a game, argument, election etc, so that it officially ends: He was forced to concede the match. | Davis conceded defeat in the election.

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surrender² noun [singular, uncountable]
1. when you say officially that you want to stop fighting because you realize that you cannot win:
    the humiliation of unconditional surrender (=accepting total defeat)
    surrender to somebody/something
    the Nazis’ surrender to the Allied forces
2. when you give away something or someone, usually because you are forced to
    surrender of
    a surrender of power
    the surrender of all illegal weapons
3. when you allow yourself to be controlled or influenced by something:
    total surrender to drug addiction