surrender

English

Alternative forms

• surrendre (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Noun use is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹɛndəɹ/

• Audio (US):

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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.
2. (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3. (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.

   I surrender!

4. (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.

   to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

5. (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.

   to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep

6. (transitive, intransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7. (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

Synonyms

• ((transitive) give up into the power, control, or possession of another): hand over, overgive
• ((intransitive) give oneself up into the power of another): strike one's flag, wave the white flag

Translations

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

• Estonian: loovutama
• Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)
• French: capituler (fr)
• Galician: render (gl), capitular (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi)

• Japanese: (military) 降服する (kōfuku suru), 投降する (tōkō suru), (criminal) 自首する (jishu suru), (property) 譲渡する (jōto suru), 放棄する (hōki suru)
• Latin: dēdō, condono
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: предава (predava)
• Maori: hauraro, whakahauraro
• Portuguese: render (pt), entregar (pt)
• Russian: сдава́ть (ru) impf (sdavátʹ), сда́ть (ru) pf (sdátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill, thoir suas, thoir thairis
• Spanish: entregar (es), rendir (es), abandonar (es)
• Swedish: ge upp (sv)
• Turkish: teslim etmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: đầu hàng (vi)

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

• Arabic: اِسْتَسْلَمَ (istaslama)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 投降 (zh) (tóuxiáng)

• Esperanto: kapitulaci (eo)
• Estonian: alistuma (et)
• Finnish: antautua (fi)
• French: capituler (fr), se rendre (fr)
• Galician: render (gl), entregar (gl)
• German: kapitulieren (de), sich ergeben
• Greek: παραδίνομαι (el) (paradínomai)
• Italian: arrendersi (it)
• Japanese: (military) 降服する (kōfuku suru), 投降する (tōkō suru), (criminal) 自首する (jishu suru), (property) 譲渡する (jōto suru), 放棄する (hōki suru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: dēdō
• Macedonian: се предава (se predava), капитули́ра (kapitulíra)
• Maori: hauraro
• Persian: تسلیم شدن (fa) (taslim šodan)
• Polish: poddać się (pl)
• Portuguese: render-se, entregar-se, capitular (pt)
• Russian: сдава́ться (ru) impf (sdavátʹsja), сда́ться (ru) pf (sdátʹsja), капитули́ровать (ru) (kapitulírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill, thoir suas, thoir thairis
• Spanish: rendirse (es), capitular (es)
• Swedish: ge sig
• Turkish: teslim olmak (tr)

to yield oneself to an influence, emotion

• Esperanto: fordoniĝi

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zich overgeven
• German: ^{(please verify)} sich ergeben, ^{(please verify)} übergeben (de), ^{(please verify)} ausliefern (de), ^{(please verify)} abtreten (de), ^{(please verify)} verzichten auf etwas (de) , (1,2) ^{(please verify)} aufgeben (de), (1,2) ^{(please verify)} kapitulieren (de)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} arrendersi (it)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 항복하다 (ko) (hangbokhada)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} tradere
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} vdati se, ^{(please verify)} predati se (sl)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} లొంగు (te) (loṅgu), ^{(please verify)} లొంగిపోవు (te) (loṅgipōvu)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} ymroddi

Noun

surrender (countable and uncountable, 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: اِسْتَسْلَام m (istaslām)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: overgave (nl) f
• Esperanto: kapitulaco
• Estonian: allaandmine
• Finnish: antautuminen (fi)
• French: capitulation (fr) f, reddition (fr) f
• German: Kapitulation (de) f, Ergebung f, Ergeben n, Aufgeben n, Aufgabe (de) f
• Greek: παράδοση (el) f (parádosi)
• Japanese: (military) 降服 (ja) (kōfuku), 投降 (ja) (tōkō), (criminal) 自首 (jishu), (property) 譲渡 (ja) (jōto), 放棄 (ja) (hōki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: dēditiō f
• Maori: haurarotanga
• Persian: تسلیم (fa) (taslim)
• Polish: kapitulacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: rendição (pt) f
• Russian: капитуля́ция (ru) f (kapituljácija), сда́ча (ru) f (sdáča)
• Scottish Gaelic: gèilleadh m
• Telugu: లొంగుబాటు (te) (loṅgubāṭu) (longubaaTu)
• Thai: ยอมแพ้ (yɔɔm-pɛ́ɛ)
• Turkish: teslim olma

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

• Finnish: luopuminen (fi), luovuttaminen (fi)
• German: Übergeben n, Übergabe (de) f, Aushändigung f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: (military) 降服 (ja) (kōfuku), 投降 (ja) (tōkō), (property) 譲渡 (ja) (jōto)
• Korean: 양도 (ko) (yangdo)
• Maori: haurarotanga
• Telugu: లొంగుబాటు (te) (loṅgubāṭu) (longubaaTu)

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

• Finnish: luovutus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: (property) 譲渡 (ja) (jōto)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} vdaja f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• surrendre