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surrender Verb 1. to give oneself up physically to an enemy after defeat 2. to give (something) up to another, under pressure or on demand: the rebels surrendered their arms 3. to give (something) up voluntarily to another: he was surrendering his own chance for the championship 4. to give in to a temptation or an influence Noun the act or instance of surrendering [Old French surrendre]
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surrender verb 1. give in, yield, submit, give way, quit, succumb, cave in (informal) capitulate, throw in the towel, lay down arms, give yourself up, show the white flag << OPPOSITE resist verb 2. give up, abandon, relinquish, resign, yield, concede, part with, renounce, waive, forego, cede, deliver up noun 3. submission, yielding, cave-in (informal) capitulation, resignation, renunciation, relinquishment Translationsvi → rendirse, entregarse vt → renunciar vt [+ claim, right] → renoncer à vt → aufgeben vi → arrendersi vt [+ claim, right] → rinunciare a |
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There was an extremely pathetic side to the surrender of these mighty fliers, the result of an age-old custom which demanded that surrender should be signalized by the voluntary plunging to earth of the commander of the vanquished vessel. And as the lesser surrendereth himself to the greater that he may have delight and power over the least of all, so doth even the greatest surrender himself, and staketh--life, for the sake of power. In the District of Minas alone, there were destroyed two hundred and fifty-five houses, two hundred and seventy-six barns, one hundred and fifty-five outhouses, eleven mills, and one church; and the friends of those who refused to surrender were threatened as the victims of their obstinacy. |
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