Definition of surrender

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Surrender (v. t.) To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep..

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Cession :: Cession (n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Remittitur :: Remittitur (n.) A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages..
Remission :: Remission (n.) The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up..
Unconditional :: Unconditional (a.) Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender..
Require :: Require (v. t.) To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property..
Remittal :: Remittal (n.) A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits..
Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
Extradition :: Extradition (n.) The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.
Surrender :: Surrender (v. i.) To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons..
Expropriation :: Expropriation (n.) The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.
Seduction :: Seduction (n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity..
Subscribe :: Subscribe (v. t.) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
Fall :: Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol..
Seduce :: Seduce (v. t.) Specifically, to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation..
Expropriate :: Expropriate (v. t.) To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights..
Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
Coupe-gorge :: Coupe-gorge (n.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy..
Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
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