Dictionary definition · surrender
noun
- acceptance of despair
- a verbal act of admitting defeat
- the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
verb
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another"The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
- relinquish possession or control over"The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).