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Noun surrender has 4 senses
- resignation, surrender - acceptance of despair
--1 is a kind of despair
--1 has particulars: defeatism
- giving up, yielding, surrender - a verbal act of admitting defeat
--2 is a kind of relinquishment, relinquishing
- surrender - the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
--3 is a kind of delivery, livery, legal transfer
--3 has particulars: extradition
- capitulation, fall, surrender - the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
--4 is a kind of loss
Verb surrender has 3 senses
- surrender, give up - give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
--1 is one way to yield
Antonyms: resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- surrender, cede, deliver, give up - relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
--2 is one way to give, gift, present
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- surrender, relinquish - relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another
--3 is one way to yield
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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