To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
Don't shoot! I surrender!
4
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
5
To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
6
Blackjack, GamesAmbitransitive To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7
Business, 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.
Etymology From Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-Norman surrendre, infinitive as noun. Displaced native Old English handgang.
1
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
2
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
3
Law, Property 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.