surrenderverb
uk/sərˈen.dər/us/səˈren.dɚ/surrender verb (ACCEPT DEFEAT)
C2 [ I ] to stop fighting and admit defeat:
They would rather die than surrender (to the invaders).
[ I ] If you surrender to an experience or emotion, you stop trying to prevent or control it:
I finally surrendered to temptation, and ate the last piece of chocolate.
More examples
- The rebels' ammunition is almost finished and it is only a matter of time before they surrender.
- 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stopping fighting
- armistice
- beat/turn swords into ploughshares idiom
- ceasefire
- demilitarize
- disengage
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- lay sth down
- pacify
- pullout
- sword
- truce
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Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
surrender verb (GIVE)
[ T ] to give something that is yours to someone else because you have been forced to do so or because it is necessary to do so:
The police demanded that the gang surrender their weapons.
Neither side is willing to surrender any territory/any of their claims.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- stake sb to sth
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
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surrendernoun [ C or U ]
uk/sərˈen.dər/us/səˈren.dɚ/the act of stopping fighting and officially admitting defeat:
The rebels are on the point of surrender.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stopping fighting
- armistice
- beat/turn swords into ploughshares idiom
- ceasefire
- demilitarize
- disengage
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- lay sth down
- pacify
- pullout
- sword
- truce