The meaning of SURRENDER is to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand. How to use surrender in a sentence.

After their defeat in battle, the soldiers surrendered. They laid down their weapons and surrendered. The troops in front of us either surrendered or offered only token resistance. The …

Synonyms for SURRENDERS: relinquishes, renders, delivers, cedes, abandons, yields, resigns, transfers; Antonyms of SURRENDERS: retains, keeps, withholds, resists, contends, opposes, confronts, fights

To surrender is to give up control of something to someone else. If you miss curfew, your parents might make you surrender the keys to the car. Okay, it's only a minivan, but it's still cooler than being on foot patrol.

After a short chase, the suspect surrendered to the police. The suspect surrendered himself (to the police). The troops were forced to surrender the fort. He surrendered [= handed over] his weapon to the police. They were required to surrender their passports. They surrendered their …

Some common synonyms of surrender are abandon, relinquish, resign, waive, and yield. While all these words mean "to give up completely," surrender implies a giving up after a struggle to retain or resist. In what contexts can abandon take the place of surrender?

1. to deliver up or yield (something) to the possession or power of another on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy. 2. to give (oneself) up, as to the police. 3. to give (oneself) up to some influence, course, emotion, etc.: surrendered himself to despair. 4. to give up, abandon, or relinquish (comfort, hope, etc.).

Definition of surrender verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to admit that you have been defeated and want to stop fighting; to allow yourself to be caught, taken prisoner, etc. synonym give in (to somebody/something) The rebel soldiers were forced to surrender.