Entry Word: surrender

Function: noun

Meaning: the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another <the police demanded the surrender of all hostages as a condition for allowing the hijackers safe passage out of the country>

Synonyms capitulating, capitulation, relinquishment, submission, submitting

Related Words acceptance, acquiescence, concession; compromise; appeasement, conciliation; capture, fall

Near Antonyms resistance