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To be surrendering or yielding to someone or something
“During our advance on Petrograd, entire companies of the Red Army would surrender to us.”
Present participle for to relinquish or give up something, typically on compulsion or demand
“Once you surrender your passport, you cannot leave the country.”
Present participle for to abandon or cast aside
“To abandon the past is to surrender all purposeful hope of changing the world.”
Present participle for to give (oneself) over to something, especially unrestrainedly
“The delegates, after spending three good days in their deliberations, relax their efforts in the evening and surrender themselves to the pleasures of the banquet.”
Present participle for to provide, or transfer possession of, something to someone
Present participle for to set apart for a special use
Present participle for to withdraw from something one has agreed to do
Present participle for to hand over an accused person to the foreign state in which the crime was committed
Present participle for to exchange or give up something
Present participle for to fall on one's knees, especially in submission
Present participle for to let go off
The act of ceding or handing over something, or that which is ceded
A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands and by compromise
Readily conforming to the authority or will of others
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