Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surrender"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, n. (Insurance)
The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the
company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration
(called the
{surrender value}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, 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. --Burke.
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}. --Wharton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surrendered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Surrendering}.] [OF. surrendre to deliver; sur
over + rendre to render. See {Sur-}, and {Render}.]
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. --Hooker.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
surrender
n 1: acceptance of despair [syn: {resignation}]
2: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: {giving up}, {yielding}]
3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
4: the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they
were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: {capitulation},
{fall}]
v 1: give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of
another [syn: {give up}] [ant: {resist}]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: {cede},
{deliver}, {give up}]
3: relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of
another [syn: {relinquish}]
4: hand over to the authorities of another country [syn: {extradite},
{deliver}, {deport}]
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