sur·ren·der (sə-rĕn'dər) pronunciation

v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

v.tr.

   1. To relinquish possession or control of to another because of demand or compulsion.
   2. To give up in favor of another.
   3. To give up or give back (something that has been granted): surrender a contractual right.
   4. To give up or abandon: surrender all hope.
   5. To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion: surrendered himself to grief.
   6. Law. To restore (an estate, for example), especially to give up (a lease) before expiration of the term.

v.intr.

To give oneself up, as to an enemy.
n.

   1. The act or an instance of surrendering.
   2. Law.
         1. The delivery of a prisoner, fugitive from justice, or other principal in a suit into legal custody.
         2. The act of surrendering or of being surrendered to bail.
         3. Restoration of an estate.