surrender

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English

Alternative forms

• surrendre (archaic)

Etymology

Anglo-Norman, representing Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre ‘render’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈrɛndəɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Verb

surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)

1. (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (Military) to yield (land, a town, etc.) to an enemy.
2. (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in to.

Synonyms

• hand over
• overgive

Translations

transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another

• Estonian: loovutama
• Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)
• French: capituler (fr), se rendre (fr)
• Japanese: (military) 降服する (ja) (kōfuku suru), 投降する (ja) (tōkō suru); (criminal) 自首する (ja) (jishu suru); (property) 譲渡する (ja) (jōto suru), 放棄する (ja) (hōki suru)

• Russian: сдавать (ru) (sdavát’) impf., сдать (ru) (sdát’) pf.
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill (gd), thoir suas (gd), thoir thairis (gd)
• Spanish: entregar (es), rendir (es), abandonar (es)
• Swedish: ge upp (sv)
• Turkish: teslim etmek (tr)

intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another

• Arabic: استسلم (ar) (istaslama)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 投降 (cmn) (tóuxiáng)

• Estonian: alistuma (et)
• Finnish: antautua (fi)
• French: capituler (fr)
• German: kapitulieren (de), sich ergeben (de)
• Greek: παραδίνομαι (el) (paradínomai)

• Japanese: (military) 降服する (ja) (kōfuku suru), 投降する (ja) (tōkō suru); (criminal) 自首する (ja) (jishu suru); (property) 譲渡する (ja) (jōto suru), 放棄する (ja) (hōki suru)
• Russian: сдаваться (ru) (sdavát’s'a) impf., сдаться (ru) (sdát’s'a) pf., капитулировать (ru) (kapitulírovat')
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill (gd), thoir suas (gd), thoir thairis (gd)
• Spanish: rendirse (es), capitular (es)
• Swedish: ge sig (sv)
• Turkish: teslim olmak (tr)

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• Dutch: zich overgeven
• Esperanto: kapitulaci
• German: sich ergeben, übergeben, ausliefern, abtreten, verzichten auf etwas, aufgeben (1,2), kapitulieren (1,2)
• Italian: arrendersi
• Korean: 항복하다 (hangbokhada)

• Latin: tradere
• Portuguese: render-se
• Slovene: vdati se, predati se
• Telugu: లొంగు (loMgu), లొంగిపోవు (loMgipOvu)
• Welsh: ymroddi

Noun

surrender (plural surrenders)

1. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
2. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
3. (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.

Synonyms

• capitulation

Translations

an act of surrendering

• Arabic: استسلام (ar) (istaslaam) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 投降 (cmn) (tóuxiáng), 降服 (cmn) (xiángfú)

• Dutch: overgave (nl) f
• Esperanto: kapitulaco (eo)
• Estonian: allaandmine
• Finnish: antautuminen (fi)
• French: capitulation (fr) f, reddition (fr) f

• German: Kapitulation (de) f, Ergebung (de) f
• Greek: παράδοση (el) (parádosi) f
• Japanese: (military) 降服 (ja) (kōfuku), 投降 (ja) (tōkō); (criminal) 自首 (ja) (jishu); (property) 譲渡 (ja) (jōto), 放棄 (ja) (hōki)
• Russian: капитуляция (ru) (kapituljácija) f, сдача (ru) (sdáča) f
• Scottish Gaelic: gèilleadh (gd) m
• Telugu: లొంగుబాటు (te) (longubaaTu)
• Turkish: teslim olma (tr)

the yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand

• Finnish: luopuminen, luovuttaminen
• Japanese: (military) 降服 (ja) (kōfuku), 投降 (ja) (tōkō); (property) 譲渡 (ja) (jōto)

• Telugu: లొంగుబాటు (te) (longubaaTu)

law, property law: the yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord

• Finnish: luovutus (fi)

• Japanese: (property) 譲渡 (ja) (jōto)

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• Slovene: vdaja f