1. [n]  the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
2. [n]  the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
3. [n]  a verbal act of admitting defeat
4. [n]  acceptance of despair
5. [v]  give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another
6. [v]  relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another
7. [v]  relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
8. [v]  hand over to the authorities of another country

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1. \Sur*ren"der\, n. (Insurance)
   The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the
   company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration
   (called the
   {surrender value}).
   

2. \Sur*ren"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surrendered}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Surrendering}.] [OF. surrendre to deliver; sur
   over + rendre to render. See {Sur-}, and {Render}.]
   1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up
      possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to
      surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to
      surrender a fort or a ship.
   2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to
      surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
            To surrender up that right which otherwise their
            founders might have in them.          --Hooker.
   3. To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; --
      used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to
      despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
   4. (Law) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a
      principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice
      by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant
      thereof to him in remainder or reversion.
   

3. \Sur*ren"der\, v. i.
   To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield;
   as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the
   first summons.
   

4. \Sur*ren"der\, n.
   1. The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning
      one's person, or the possession of something, into the
      power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an
      enemy; the surrender of a right.
            That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender
            in trust of the whole of it.          --Burke.
   2. (Law)
      (a) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an
          immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
      (b) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by
          his bail.
      (c) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one
          government to another, as by a foreign state. See
          {Extradition}. --Wharton.