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SURRENDER

Definition:

[noun] acceptance of despair
Synonyms: resignation
[noun] a verbal act of admitting defeat
Synonyms: giving up, yielding
[noun] the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
[noun] the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
Synonyms: capitulation, fall
[verb] give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
Synonyms: give up
[verb] relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
Synonyms: cede, deliver, give up
[verb] relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another
Synonyms: relinquish