surrender
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Is surrender a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.Synonyms: hand over, betray, overgivetransitive
2. (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.broadlytransitive
3. (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.Examples: "Don't shoot! I surrender!"Synonyms: strike one's flag, wave the white flag, chuck up the spongeintransitivereflexive
4. (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.Examples: "to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage"transitive
5. (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.Examples: "to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep"reflexive
6. (ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.ambitransitive
noun (English)
1. (law, 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.countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary