SURRENDERING definition: 1. present participle of surrender 2. to stop fighting and admit defeat: 3. If you surrender to an…. Learn more.

: to give (oneself) up into the power of another especially as a prisoner. : the action of yielding one's person or giving up the possession of something especially into the power of another. …

1. The act of submitting or surrendering to the power of another: capitulation, submission. 2. The act of delivering or the condition of being delivered: delivery, transfer.

Britannica Dictionary definition of SURRENDER [singular] 1 : an agreement to stop fighting, hiding, resisting, etc., because you know that you will not win or succeed : an act of surrendering

If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten. He called on the rebels to surrender. [VERB] She surrendered to the police in London last …

Definition of surrender verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

SURRENDER definition: to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress. See examples of surrender used in a sentence.

an act or instance of surrendering: [uncountable] The Allies are trying to starve the country into surrender. [countable] The enemy signed a formal surrender. See -rend-.

To surrender is to give up control of something to someone else. If you miss curfew, your parents might make you surrender the keys to the car. Okay, it's only a minivan, but it's still cooler than …

Nov 23, 2025 · surrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders) An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation. The yielding or delivery …