Surrender - Definition

n 1: acceptance of despair [syn: resignation, surrender]
2: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: giving up,
yielding, surrender]
3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
4: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions);
"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
[syn: capitulation, fall, surrender]
v 1: give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of
another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
[syn: surrender, give up] [ant: hold out, resist,
stand firm, withstand]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up]