Relinquish vs. Surrender
Relinquishverb
(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
Relinquishverb
(transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
Relinquishverb
(transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
Relinquishverb
(transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
Relinquishverb
To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
Relinquishverb
To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.
Relinquishverb
part with a possession or right;
Relinquishverb
relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another
Relinquishverb
do without or cease to hold or adhere to;
Relinquishverb
turn away from; give up;
Relinquishverb
release, as from one's grip;
Surrenderverb
(transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
Surrenderverb
To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
Surrenderverb
To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
Surrenderverb
(transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
Surrenderverb
(reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
Surrenderverb
To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
Surrenderverb
For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
Surrendernoun
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
Surrendernoun
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
Surrendernoun
The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
Surrenderverb
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.
Surrenderverb
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
Surrenderverb
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.
Surrenderverb
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.
Surrenderverb
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.
Surrendernoun
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.
Surrendernoun
The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
Surrendernoun
The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).
Surrendernoun
acceptance of despair
Surrendernoun
a verbal act of admitting defeat
Surrendernoun
the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
Surrendernoun
the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);
Surrenderverb
give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another;
Surrenderverb
relinquish possession or control over;
Surrenderverb
relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another
