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Surrender

Definition: Surrender

Surrender

Noun

1. Acceptance of despair.

2. A verbal act of admitting defeat.

3. The delivery of a principal into lawful custody.

4. The act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort".

Verb

1. Give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another.

2. Relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in".

3. Relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another.

4. Hand over to the authorities of another country.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "surrender" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Surrendered; Surrendering.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Surrender

Synonyms: capitulation (n), fall (n), giving up (n), resignation (n), yielding (n), cede (v), deliver (v), deport (v), extradite (v), give up (v), relinquish (v). (additional references)
Antonym: resist (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Surrender

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Death

Verb: die, expire, perish; meet one's death, meet one's end; pass away, be taken; yield one's breath, resign one's breath; resign one's being, resign one's life; end one's days, end one's life, end one's earthly career; breathe one's last; cease to live, cease to breathe; depart this life; be no more. Adjective: go off, drop off, pop off; lose one's life, lay down one's life, relinquish one's life, surrender one's life; drop into the grave, sink into the grave; close one's eyes; fall dead, drop dead, fall down dead, drop down dead; break one's neck; give up the ghost, yield up the ghost; be all over with one.

Defense

Interjection: no surrender!

Hopelessness

Abandonment, desolation; resignation, surrender, submission.

Abandon; resign, surrender, submit.

Obstinacy

Phrase: non possumus; no surrender; ils n'ont rien appris ne rien oublie.

Relinquishment

Verb: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with; lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf; (disuse); set aside, put aside, put away; make away with, cast behind; maroon.

Noun: relinquishment, abandonment; (of a course); renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation; riddance.

Submission

Surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns; (humility); give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under.

Surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation; backdown.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Surrender

English words defined with "surrender": abandonment, abnegate, ArnoldBail to the action, Bankrupt law, Benedict Arnoldcapitulate, cede, chill, concede, Coupe-gorgeDedition, deliver, Douglas MacArthurextraditionflag of truceget in, give up, granthand over, holler, holler outMacArthurOvergivePeter Stuyvesant, Petrus StuyvesantReddition, Remise, Remittitur, renderStuyvesant, Surrenderee, Surrendering, Surrenderor, Surrendry, Suspension of armsTo come in, To die in the last ditch, To give one's self away, To give one's self up, To give up, To hand over, To lay down, To leave to one's self, turn inwhite flagyield, yield up, yielding. (references)
Specialty definitions using "surrender": Bank GuaranteeCession of Goods, Coalition GovernmentexemptionsLetter of IndemnityNail One's Colours to the MastPOLICY-VALUE CALCULATORRabshekaSteamship Indemnity, systems programsVengeurWexford Bridge Massacre, Willie-Wastle. (references)
Etymologies containing "surrender": Overgive. (references)

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Modern Usage: Surrender

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You will never know love unless you surrender to it. (Fools Rush In; writing credit: Katherine Reback)

You mean you wish to surrender to me? (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

The same Benedict Arnold who plotted to surrender West Point to the hated British? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

We're going to need you to surrender the robot. (Short Circuit; writing credit: Brent Maddock; S.S. Wilson)

In the name of the king I demand that you surrender (Dad's Army; writing credit: David Croft; Jimmy Perry)

Lyrics

So, my darling, please surrender (Surrender; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

I could spend my life in this sweet surrender (I Don't Want To Miss A Thing; performing artist: AEROSMITH)

I surrender my soul to u, dear (Mishale; performing artist: Andru Donalds)

And baby it's no mystery why I surrender (Ain't Nothing 'Bout You; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn)

In the end what you don't surrender (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Clever

South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959)

Song of Surrender (1949)

I Surrender Dear (1948)

Sweet Surrender (1935)

I Surrender Dear (1934)

Song Titles

Sweet Surrender (performing artist: Sarah McLachlan)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Surrender

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Surrender

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Emmett Sheridan, left center, with III Corps artillery headquarters Picture taken a few days after Japanese surrender. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A soldier and his family read early newspaper reports of Japan's surrender, while walking in Washington, DC, on 14 August 1945, shortly before the official announcement. Photographed by Chief Petty Officer Smith. Credit: NAVY.

Personnel at Naval Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, celebrate news of Japan's surrender, 14 August 1945. Credit: NAVY.

Surrender of the Spanish Forces to General Shafter. Credit: Library of Congress.

William Tell -- will not surrender or bow to the old hat. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Speaker's victorious surrender. Credit: Library of Congress.

Surrender of Belgium. Credit: Library of Congress.

First photo of Riff chief after surrender to French--Five years of war ended in Morocco. Credit: Library of Congress.

Nebraska--Crazy Horse and his band of Indians on their way from Camp Sheridan to surrender to General Crook at Red Cloud Agency, Sunday, May 6 / Berghavy ; from sketches by Mr. Hottes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags for the anniversary of Maj. Robert Anderson's surrender (1861) seen from a parapet of Fort Sumter. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Surrender

AuthorQuotation

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

John C. Calhoun

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.

St. Teresa of Avila

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

Virgil

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.

Walter Malone

An honest man can never surrender an honest doubt.

William Booth

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Surrender

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The surrender in question will be effected at such points in German territory as may be selected by the said Governments. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Surrender

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The current market rate is about 900 soum per USD 1. One of the major concerns for exporters is that the Government imposes 50% surrender requirement for exports. (references)

In this case, the 50% surrender requirement shall not be applicable to the local importer ( when exporting the product to the third party), because the funds used for purchase of the product at the commodity exchange belong to the exporter, i.e. those funds are considered as "legitimate" (alien money) and therefore are not a subject for reselling at the official bank to the CBU. Such and similar schemes are widely used by local companies when importing foreign goods to Uzbekistan. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malawi

Police officers demanded that the journalists either surrender their camera or give up the digital camera diskettes with the photographs. (references)

United Arab Emirates

Although not sanctioned by law, employers generally require foreign national employees to surrender their passports as a condition of employment. (references)

Zimbabwe

In 2000 the Government ordered 26,000 British nationals with dual citizenship to surrender their Zimbabwe passports after President Mugabe declared them "enemies of the state." There were no similar statements made during the year. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

Militant groups, although initially reluctant, agreed to surrender their arms to the IPKF. (references)

Philippines

Neither are there mandatory foreign exchange surrender requirements imposed on export earners. (references)

Papua New Guinea

As noted, it was later joined in an administrative union with New Guinea during 1945-46 following the surrender of Japan. (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

There were conflicting reports as to whether some of the Taliban forces had attempted to surrender before the shelling. (references)

Liberia

In an effort to induce the activist to surrender to authorities, the police first detained his wife and 3-year-old child. (references)

Turkey

Although prisoners may by law be forced to surrender defense-related documents for review, this rarely occurs in practice. (references)

Political Economy

Angola

It maintained a significant military capability, and it refused to surrender to state administration the territory it held. (references)

ALGERIA

Although commercial banks may buy foreign exchange from the Bank of Algeria, they are no longer required to surrender to the Bank of Algeria the foreign exchange they acquire and may trade these resources among themselves. (references)

Afghanistan

In November Northern Alliance forces reportedly killed 100 to 300 Taliban fighters in Mazar-e-Sharif; there were conflicting reports as to whether some of the Taliban forces attempted to surrender before they were shelled. (references)

Trade

Uzbekistan

But these tax benefits only partially offset the de-facto tax that exporters pay through the hard currency surrender requirement. (references)

Vietnam

The hope among the government and SBV is that the new currency surrender rules will free up more hard currency for this type of transaction. (references)

Eritrea

Surrender requirements were abolished and the few limits on foreign exchange allowances (travel, medical, and education) were administered liberally. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

Expatriate residents working in Saudi Arabia generally must surrender their passports while in Saudi Arabia. (references)

Latvia

The process of obtaining a visa at the Russian Embassy in Riga can be lengthy, and involve surrender of the passport for an undetermined period of time. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Family members of those working are not required by law to surrender their passports, though they often do. Residents carry a Saudi residence permit (Iqama) for identification in place of their passports. (references)

Worker Rights

Cyprus

In some instances, they then were forced to surrender their passports or forced to stay beyond the period of their work permits and in some cases were not paid their full salaries. (references)

Greece

Trafficked women often are confined to apartments, hotels, and clubs against their will, are not registered with the Government, and are forced to surrender their passports to their local "owner." Frequently connections exist between illegal prostitution and other criminal activities. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Surrender

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests.

James Madison

1809-1817The expedition, nevertheless, terminated unfortunately, not only in a retreat to the town and fort of Detroit, but in the surrender of both and of the gallant corps commanded by that officer.

Grover Cleveland

1885-1889; 1893-1897If this involves the surrender or postponement of private interests and the abandonment of local advantages, compensation will be found in the assurance that the common interest is subserved and the general welfare advanced.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Since the surrender of Japan, civilian food consumption has risen still further.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969I have learned, and I know, that it will not surrender easily.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974Hanoi's replies called in effect for our surrender before negotiations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Surrender

"Surrender" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 52.70% of the time. "Surrender" is used about 1,016 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)52.7%53511,490
Lexical Verb (infinitive)42.58%43313,273
Lexical Verb (base form)4.72%4849,194
                    Total100.00%1,016N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Surrender

Expressions using "surrender": cash surrender value no surrender surrender at discretion surrender of bonuses surrender of lease surrender to the police surrender value unconditional surrender. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "surrender": surrender-back.

Ending with "surrender": self-surrender.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Surrender

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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6

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14

flag surrender

6

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13

lyrics no surrender

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Surrender

Language Translations for "surrender"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

nënshtrohem (be smb.'s dependent, bend, come under, defer, expose, knuckle under, own up, stoop), kapitulloj (capitulate), jepem (be addicted, be given, betake oneself to, give up, succumb), dorëzohem (capitulate, come around, give in, give oneself up, knuckle under, succumb, throw up one's hands, throw up the sponge). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏هجر (break away, cast aside, dereliction, desert, desertion, disuse, drop out, emigratory, expel, expose, flee, forsake, immigrate, jettison, leave, neglect, quit, relinquish, renounce, scrap, skive, strand, throw, waive, weigh anchor), ‏تنازل (abdicate, back down, cede, concede, concession, condescend, deign, demission, disclaimer, give ground, give in, give up, part with, pass up, recede, recession, relinquish, renounce, renunciation, resignation, stand down, step down, transfer, waive, waiver, yield), ‏تسليم (acceptance, delivery, submission, transmission), ‏تخل عن شىء, ‏تخل (cession, defection, renouncement, renunciation, waiver), ‏خضوع (subjection, submission, subordination, vassalage, yielding), ‏إستلم (take), ‏إستسلم (capitulate, cave, give in, give up, give way to, hands up, lay down, resign, submit, succumb, throw in one's hand), ‏إستسلام (capitulation, resignation, sell out, submitting). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

капитулация (capitulation, fall), капитулирам (capitulate), отстъпване (assentation, back track, compliance, concession, remise, retreat, retrocession, submission, yielding), отстъпвам от (go back on), отказвам се от (abandon, abnegate, call off, decline, deny oneself, disavow, discard, disclaim, forwent, give away, give oneself up, give up, jettison, part with, pass up, put away, remise, renounce, repudiate, retract, toss over, turn from, turn in, yield), отказ (abandonment, declination, denial, nay, negative, no, refusal, rejection, repulse, thumbs down, traverse), предаване (commitment, committal, conveyance, delivery, denouncement, denunciation, handover, rendering, rendition, translation, transmission), предавам се (capitulate, descend, fall, give in, give oneself, give way to, lend, resign, say uncle, strike). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

投降 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

vzdát (extend, offer, yield), vzdání se (renunciation), vydat (betray, bring out, disburse, edit, expend, extradite, get out, hand over, issue, outlay, release, render), vydání (appearance, edition, expense, extradition, incurability, issue, outlay, publication, version), propadnout (expire, fail, fall through, flunk, lapse), odstoupení (abdication, cession, recession), oddat se (addict, resign), kapitulovat (capitulate), kapitulace (capitulation, submission). (various references)

   

Danish

  

frafald (relinquishment). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zich overgeven (abandon oneself, capitulate), capituleren (capitulate), afstand (abandonment, abdication, cession, distance, offset, relinquishment, renunciation). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

rezigno (cession, relinquishment, renunciation), kapitulaci (capitulate). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

gevast (capitulate), ganga til ryggjar (capitulate). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

واگذاری (Abandon, Abandonment, Assignment, Bail, Cession, Conveyance, Demission, Resignation, Submission), واگذارکردن (Abandon, Abdicate, Admit, Assign, Cede, Concede, Entrust, Give, Relegate, Remise, Title, Transfer, Vest, Yield), تحویل دادن (Deliver, Render), تسلیم شدن (Abandon, Acquiesce, Capitulate, Defer, Givein, Knuckle, Obey, Quit, Submit, Succumb, Vouchsafe), تسلیم (Deference, Delivery, Rendition, Resignation, Submission), سپردن (Award, Commit, Confide, Consign, Depute, Entrust, Reposit), صرفنظر (Waiver), رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Leave, Let, Liberate, Loose, Release, Unbend, Uncork, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhand, Unhook, Unleash, Unloose, Unsling). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

luovutus (cession, conveyance, delivery, transfer), luovuttaa (cede, convey, deliver, extradite, give up, hand over, make over, relinquish, resign, transfer, yield), jättäytyä (resign oneself), antautuminen (capitulation, submission), antautua (capitulate, devote oneself to, enter, enter into, give oneself up, take up, yield oneself). (various references)

   

French

  

abandon. (various references)

   

German

  

sich ergeben (arise, capitulate, come to light, devote oneself to, ensue, follow, follow on, give in, give up, hold forth, open up, present, result, sink into, submit, take to, yield), kapitulieren (capitulate, cave in, give up, to capitulate), kapitulation (capitulation), aufgeben (abandon, check in, cry uncle, discontinue, dispatch, forsake, give in, give up, jack in, jettison, lay aside, lay away, mail, part with, place, post, quit, register, relinquish, renounce, resign, say uncle, serve, set, submit, to abdicate, to capitulate, to dismiss, to give up, to relinquish, to surrender, vacate, yield), Abtretung (cession). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παραδίδω (commit, consign, deliver, give in, hand in, hand over, hand to). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לותר (cede, concede, forgo, give ground, give in, give up, pass up, relinquish, renounce, resign, throw up), ל"כ ע (buckle under, capitulate, give in, give up, give way to, knuckle under, resign, submit, succumb, throw in ones hand, yield), ל"רים י"ים, ל"ס'יר (deliver, give in, hand over, isolate), ותור (abnegation, cession, concession, disclaimer, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, waiver, yielding), כ יע" (capitulation, fall, giving up, servility, submission), "כ עות (resignation, submissiveness). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megadás (acquiescence, capitulation, grant, humility, meekness), beszolgáltatás, abbahagyás (discontinuation, let up), átadás (addiction, deliverance, delivery, handover, livery, presentation, rendition, transmission, transmitting). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

penyerahan (cession, devolution, extrradiction, rendition), menyerah (capitulate, give up). (various references)

   

Italian

  

arrendersi (capitulate, give up, hand over, knuckle under), consegnare (commit, consign, deliver, entrust, hand, hand over, intrust, leave, present, resign). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

屈服 (giving way, submission, succumbing, yielding). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きふく (mourning, submission, undulation), くっぷく (giving way, submission, succumbing, yielding), しっか" (ailment, disease, fall, feel of a material), か"らく (capitulation, cheese, fall, merriment, pleasure, sinking), "うふく (appetite, blessedness, capitulation, distinction between what is thought and what is said, happiness, school uniform, submission), じしゅ (autonomy, give oneself up, independence), とう"う (attendance, climbing up, contribution, eastbound, eastern suburbs, lamplight, our bank, potter, sailing east, submission, swordsmith, the school in question, this school). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

자수 (Surrendering). (various references)

   

Manx

  

livrey seose, immee haart, cur seose (abdication, carry forward, disclaim, drop off, extradite, extradition, fit on, fix, flush, hang, increase, move, pitch, postulate, put up, relinquish, relinquishment, represent, retire, set on fire), coyrt seose (abdication, cession, delivery, retirement). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urrendersay

   

Portuguese

  

rendição (capitulate, capitulation, relief, rendition), renúncia (abjuration, cession, departure, disclaimer, disclamation, divestiture, quitclaim, recession, renounce, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, self-abnegation, self-devotion, waiver), capitulação (capitulate, capitulation, rendering, rendition). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se preda (capitulate, deliver oneself up, yield), renunţa la (abandon, abdicate, abnegate, back down, cast aside, chuck up, declare off, deny, disclaim, doff, drop, forgo, forsake, give over, lay down, part with, remise, renounce, resign, sacrifice, shunt, sink, spare, throw up, yield up), renunţa (discard, disclaim, drop out, give up, relinquish), predare (capitulation, delivery, rendering, rendition), preda (deliver, give, give up, profess, render, teach, yield), pãrãsi (abandon, cast off, cease, clear, desert, drop, evacuate, fail, flee, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, throw, vacate), ceda (assign, bend, cave in, cede, come to terms, comply, concede, convey, defer, deliver over, deliver up, demise, give, give way, go, knock under, knuckle under, lower one's colour, release, renounce, resign, slack, spare, submit, yield), capitula (capitulate), apleca (be inclined, bend, bow, enslave, hang down, humiliate, incline, lower, slope, stoop, submit, tilt, tilt over). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уступать (acquiesce, assent, be inferior to, cede, comply, concede, fall back, give ground, give in, give way to, knuckle under, pass up, rebate, relinquish, remise, stand down, succumb, yield, yield to), сдаваться (capitulate, give in, give up, throw in one's hand), сдавать (cede, deal out, pass), капитулировать (capitulate). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

liubhair (deliver, furnish, give to, supply). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

predati (commend, commit, consign, deliver, give in, give in charge, give over, hand, hand down, hand over, pass on, reach), predaja (capitulation, commitment, committal, conveyance, handover, livery), odreći se (abdicate, abjure, abnegate, back down, deny, disclaim, forgo, forwent, relinquish, remise, renounce, sign away, waive, withdraw), kapitulacija (capitulation, ejection). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

renuncia (abdication, abjuration, abnegation, disclaimer, notice, quitclaim, relinquishment, renounce, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, waiver), rendición (capitulation, capture, defeat, fall, rendition, taking), capitular (capitualte, capitulate), abandono (abandon, abandoning, abandonment, dereliction, desertion, indulgence, neglect, relinquishment, renunciation). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

uppge (abandon, declare, forgo, give, give up, report), ge sig (devote). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

pes etmek (cave, cry uncle, give up, knuckle down, knuckle under, succumb, throw in the towel, throw up the sponge), bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kick, lay down, lay off, leave, leave off, let, let go, let smb. have it, offload, outgrow, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, quit, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose, walk out), boyun eğmek (bend, bend the knee, bow, bow down, buckle, buckle under, cave, comply, comply with, give way, indulge, knuckle down, knuckle under, resign oneself to, sit down under, submit, truckle), feragat (abnegation, demise, disclaimer, release, relinquishment, remise, remission, renunciation, resignation, self denial, waiver), feragat etmek (abdicate, demise, disclaim, release, relinquish, renounce, sink, stand aside, stand down, waive), iade (giving back, rebate, rendering, restoration, retrocession, return), iptal etme (cancelling, vitiation), bırakma (abandonment, disuse, exposure, leaving, never say die, release, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, withdrawal), kendini bırakmak (give oneself over, resign oneself to, slump down, tumble into), vazgeçmek (abandon, back down, back down from, back out, back out of, back track, backtrack, be off, beat a retreat, cease, cede, change one's mind, cry off, cut loose, declare off, desist, disclaim, dispense with, do without, drop the reins, forbear, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, jack in, kick, leave, leave off, opt out, quit, recant, recede, relinquish, remit, renounce, resign, retract, sink, Stow, swerve, throw over, throw up, turn about, turn around, turn up, unlearn, waive, wangle, wangle out of), teslím olmak (capitulate), teslim (concession, consignment, delivery, giving up oneself, handing over), teslim etme (commitment, committal, delivery, handing over), teslim etmek (cede, commit, confide, consign, deliver, deliver up, give in, give up, hand in, hand over, own, resign, submit, turn in, turn over, yield up), teslim olma (submission, submittal), teslim olmak (capitulate, give in, give oneself up, knuckle down, knuckle under, lay down arms, lay down one's arms, resign, resign oneself to), vazgeçme (abandonment, abnegation, backdown, cession, disclaimer, discontinuance, discontinuation, discouragement, dispensation, never say die, recantation, relinquishment, remise, remission, renunciation, resignation, waiver, withdrawal), kapılmak (abandon oneself, be drawn to smb., be overcome by, be overcome with, be possessed by, be possessed with, be seized with, be taken with, fall in, give free rein to, give rein to, give way, harden, sink into, slide into). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

капітуляція (capitulation), відмова (abandonment, abjuration, brush off, denegation, denial, disallowance, disclaimer, malfunction, nay, nay-say, negative, no, recession, refusal, relinquishment, repulse, waiver), здача (change), здаватися (appear, capitulate, give in, yield up), здавати (cede, check, render up, yield), піддаватися (weaken, yield), поступатися (admit, attribute, cede, comply, concede, give ground, give in, knuckle down, knuckle under, listen, relinquish, retreat, yield). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự dâng (offering, proffer, rise, risen), sự đầu h ng sự giao lại. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ymroddi (addict, apply oneself, devote oneself, resign oneself, yield oneself). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Surrender

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

dedere, dederis, dederisque, dedi, dedimus, dedique, dedis, dedit, deditam, deditos, deditque, reddo, tradam, tradamque, tradamus, tradant, tradantur, tradar, tradas, tradat, tradatis, tradatur, trade, tradebant, tradebat, tradebatur, trademini, tradenda, tradendus, tradens, tradensque, tradent, tradente, tradentes, tradentis, tradentque, tradentur, tradere, traderem, traderent, traderentur, traderer, traderes, traderet, traderetur, traderis, trades, tradet, tradetisque, tradetque, tradetur, tradi, tradideras, tradiderim, tradideris, tradiderit, tradideritis, tradideritque, tradidero, tradiderunt, tradidi, tradidimus, tradidique, tradidissemus, tradidissent, tradidisti, tradidistis, tradidit, tradiditque, tradimur, tradit, tradita, traditae, tradite, traditi, traditionem, traditiones, traditique, traditis, traditor, traditum, traditur, traditurum, traditurus, traditus, trado, traduntur. (various references)

Old French900-1400

surrendre. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Surrender

Derivations

Words beginning with "surrender": surrendered, surrendering, surrenders. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Surrender" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Burrender, serender, Surrenden, surrenderr, surrendre, surrener, surrneder. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Surrender"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "surrender" (pronounced sere"nder)
4-e" n d erbender, blender, contender, defender, Ender, engender, Fender, gender, lender, offender, pretender, render, sender, slender, Spender, splendor, suspender, tender, vendor.
3-n d erAlexander, asunder, attainder, auslander, Bander, bartender, binder, blander, blinder, blonder, blunder, bookbinder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, coriander, cylinder, extender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gerrymander, grander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, Lander, launder, lavender, mainlander, meander, minder, oleander, pander, pathfinder, Pinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, rejoinder, remainder, reminder, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, Sidewinder, slander, sounder, squander, Stander, sunder, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, wonder, yonder, Zander.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Surrender

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-n-r-r-r-s-u"

-1 letter: sunderer.

-2 letters: endures, ensured, ensurer, renders.

-3 letters: denser, enders, endues, endure, ensued, ensure, enured, enures, nursed, nurser, render, reruns, resend, reused, sender, sunder.

-4 letters: deers, denes, dense, drees, druse, dunes, dures, durns, durrs, ender, endue, ensue, enure, ernes, erred, needs, nerds, nuder, nudes, nurds, nurse, redes, reeds, rends, rerun, reuse, ruder, ruers, runes, seder.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-n-r-r-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: surrenders.

 

+2 letters: surrendered.

 

+3 letters: surrejoinder, surrendering, underdrawers, underreports, underwriters.

 

+4 letters: counterorders, surrejoinders, undercurrents, understrapper.

 

+5 letters: groundbreakers, undercarriages, undergrounders, undersecretary, understrappers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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