0 present participle of surrender
2 to give something that is yours to someone else because you have been forced to do so or because it is necessary to do so:
The rebels' ammunition is almost finished and it is only a matter of time before they surrender.
The troops in front of us either surrendered or offered only token resistance.
Perhaps there are ways of reenchanting the world without surrendering our scientific heritage?
However, the dangers of such wishful thinking, and of surrendering her subjectivity, are more apparent than ever.
Such successful 'taming ' of contentious movements without surrendering to their claims is certainly not a new phenomenon.
Sleeping together, as in the case of women 'losing themselves' to men, means surrendering.
