surrender🔊

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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.

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

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

(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.