self-surrender

noun

self-sur·​ren·​der ˌself-sə-ˈren-dər 

: the giving up of oneself or one's will to some feeling or influence

Recovery requires much less than self-help; it requires self-surrender, to a higher power or cosmic truth or other nondenominational universal force.

—Wendy Kaminer

Examples of self-surrender in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The judge ordered Iwamasa, 61, to self-surrender by July 17 and to pay a $10,000 fine. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026

The judge ordered him to self-surrender to the Bureau of Prisons by June 1, 2026. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026

While his attorney requested the ability for the musician to self-surrender in the future for health reasons, Leibowitz ordered him to be jailed on the spot. — Nicholas Kobe, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025

Kingston’s lead defense attorney, Zeljka Bozanic, had asked the judge if Kingston could self-surrender at a later date because of health issues. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025

The federal judge ruled that Mizuhara should self-surrender March 24. — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025

Prosecutors said Vo was supposed to self-surrender to a federal facility in Kentucky in June 2024 but fled to Canada instead. — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025

The next step is for each defendant to negotiate a time and day to self-surrender to a jail facility for booking. — The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-surrender

• recommender
• bartender
• contender
• defender
• engender
• extender
• offender
• pretender
• provender
• surrender
• suspender
• transgender