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Meaning of surrender

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  surrender
      n 1: acceptance of despair [syn: {resignation}, {surrender}]
      2: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: {giving up},
         {yielding}, {surrender}]
      3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
      4: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions);
         "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
         [syn: {capitulation}, {fall}, {surrender}]
      v 1: give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of
           another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
           [syn: {surrender}, {give up}] [ant: {hold out}, {resist},
           {stand firm}, {withstand}]
      2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
         surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
         {surrender}, {cede}, {deliver}, {give up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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