surrender

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (''Military'') to yield (land, a town, etc.) to an enemy.
  2. Verb.  (italbrac, intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in to.
  3. Noun.  An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
  4. Noun.  The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
  5. Noun.  (legal, property law) 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.

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