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Surrender

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.

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Manner of action 4

Abnegate 76% connected

To deny and reject; to abjure.

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Capitulate 76% connected

To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.

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Concede 76% connected

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

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Sell 76% connected

Self.

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Delivery 76% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Despair 76% connected

To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.

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Gift 76% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Livery 76% connected

The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.

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Loss 76% connected

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Relinquishing 76% connected

of Relinquish

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Relinquishment 76% connected

The act of relinquishing.

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Yield 76% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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Extradition 76% connected

The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.

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Rendition 76% connected

The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.

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Ceding 74% connected

of Cede

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Ceding 74% connected

of Cede

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Synonym 6

Capitulation 92% connected

A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cede 92% connected

To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deliver 92% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Resignation 92% connected

The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yielding 92% connected

of Yield

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