surrender

v

1. yield, deliver up, turn over, hand in, part with; render, remit; release, let go of, quit one's hold on, yield control of; relinquish, renounce, forsake, forgo, Law. disclaim; abdicate, resign, Chiefly Scot. demit; transfer, give over, cede, make over, convey, sign away, waive, Law. demise.

2. give oneself up, turn oneself in, throw oneself at the mercy of, Inf. hands-up.

3. lose hope of, despair of, give up, abandon, quit, Sl. pack it in, give up the ship, cry quits, cry craven, throw up one's hands, throw in the sponge or the towel; resign oneself to, grin and bear it, lie down and die.

4. capitulate, submit, succumb to; fall, bite the dust, lay down arms, raise the white flag; acquiesce, comply, accede, give in, cry or say uncle; concede, back down, eat crow, eat humble pie, retract, recant, eat one's words; truckle, defer to, kneel to, bend or bow before, fall at [s.o.'s] feet.

n

5. capitulation, submission, yielding; acquiescence, compliance, accedence, concession, nonresist-ance; homage, prostration, deference.

6. relinquishment, renunciation, abnegation, abdication, resignation, Archaic. demission; transfer, transferal, transference, Law. conveyance, ceding, leasing, handing over; release, quittance, acquittance, abandonment.