surrender
Syllables: sur·ren·der/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/
surrender verb: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
Verb
surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)
- To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
- To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
- Don't shoot! I surrender!
- Synonyms:
- strike one's flag, wave the white flag, chuck up the sponge
- To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
- to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
- To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
- to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
- To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
- For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
Noun
surrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders)
- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- 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.
surrender meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
surrender in Hindi
- transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another
- समर्पण samarpaṇ
- intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another
- आत्मसमर्पण ātmasmarpaṇ
surrender in Tamil
- சரணடை, சரண், சரணாகதி, அடைக்கலம் அடை
surrender in Marathi
- शरणागती, शरणागती पत्करणे, शरणागती पत्करण्यासाठी
surrender in Urdu
- ہار, سپردگی, تسلیم, ہتھیار ڈالنا, تسلیم کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- surrender in Bengali
- আত্মসমর্পণ করা, ছেড়ে দেওয়া
- surrender in Telugu
- లొంగుబాటు loṅgubāṭu
- surrender in Malayalam
- കീഴടങ്ങുക kīḻaṭaṅṅuka
- surrender in Kannada
- ಬೆಂಬೀಳ್, ಬೆಂಬೀಳು, ಬೆನ್ನುಬೀಳು, ಶರಣಾಗತನಾಗು
- surrender in Punjabi
- ਆਤਮ ਸਮਰਪਣ ਕਰਨਾ, ਸਮਰਪਣ ਕਰਨਾ, ਸਮਰਪਣ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- surrender in Gujarati
- શરણાગતિ, આત્મસમર્પણ, આત્મસમર્પણ કરવું
- surrender in Odia
- ଆତ୍ମସମର୍ପଣ, ଆତ୍ମସମର୍ପଣ କରିବା, ସମର୍ପଣ କରିବା
- surrender in Sanskrit
- सम्प्रददाति sampradadāti, यत् yat
- surrender in Nepali
- आत्मसमर्पण, आत्मसमर्पण गर्न, आत्मसमर्पण गर्ने
- surrender in Arabic
- اِسْتَسْلَمَ istaslama, اِسْتَسْلَام istaslām
- surrender in Persian
- تسلیم شدن taslim šodan, تسلیم taslim
- surrender in Thai
- ยอมแพ้ yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ, ทู้ túu
- surrender in Vietnamese
- đầu hàng
Examples of surrender in a sentence
- He aimed the gun at him and he held his hands up in surrender.
- You will of course surrender all your future rights to the property.
- If they refuse to surrender the garrison, we'll just starve them out.
Synonyms of surrender
- hand over
- betray
- overgive
- strike one's flag
- wave the white flag
- chuck up the sponge
- abandon
- bend
- capitulate
- cave in
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Antonyms
Forms of surrender
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | surrenders |
| present participle | surrendering |
| past participle | surrendered |
| past | surrendered |
| alternative form (obsolete) | surrendre |
| Noun | |
| plural | surrenders |
Origin of surrender
From Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān.
From Middle English surrendre, from Anglo-Norman surrendre, infinitive as noun. Displaced native Old English handgang.
Words formed from surrender
Phrases with surrender
Words that rhyme with surrender
- render
- tender
- bender
- transgender
- gender
- pretender
- defender
- descender
- engender
- ascender
- fender
- attender
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Questions about surrender
- What does surrender mean?
- Surrender means to give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
- What is surrender in Hindi?
- Surrender in Hindi is समर्पण (samarpaṇ), आत्मसमर्पण (ātmasmarpaṇ). See Surrender meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is surrender?
- Surrender can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce surrender?
- Surrender is pronounced /səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/.
- What is the past tense of surrender?
- The past tense of surrender is surrendered.
Words near surrender in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: surrender (page history and authors); surrender (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surrender (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrender (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surrender (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കീഴടങ്ങുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); surrender (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surrender (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrender (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrender (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); यत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); surrender (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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