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To exchange or give up something
To submit to the authority of an enemy or opponent
“During our advance on Petrograd, entire companies of the Red Army would surrender to us.”
To relinquish or give up something, typically on compulsion or demand
“Once you surrender your passport, you cannot leave the country.”
To abandon or cast aside
“To abandon the past is to surrender all purposeful hope of changing the world.”
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.”
To provide, or transfer possession of, something to someone
To set apart for a special use
To withdraw from something one has agreed to do
To hand over an accused person to the foreign state in which the crime was committed
To fall on one's knees, especially in submission
To let go off
Plural for the action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence
“His decision to ignore the timing of the Nile floods led to the surrender of the army to the Sultan of Egypt a few weeks later.”
Plural for the act or instance of relinquishing or handing over something
“Randolph spent his life insisting that the surrender of power to a centralized administration was all too often a one-way street.”
Plural for the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner
Plural for the action of delivering letters, parcels, or goods
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