## Meanings
1. To stop fighting and admit that you have been defeated.
2. To give up something or hand it over to someone else.
3. The act of admitting defeat and stopping a fight.
4. To give in to a feeling or influence.

## Examples
- The soldiers surrendered after a long battle.
- He had to surrender his passport at the border.
- The general demanded an unconditional surrender.
- She surrendered to grief after the loss.

## Synonyms
- abandon
- bend
- capitulate
- capitulation
- cede
- deplore
- relinquish
- submit
- yield

## Antonyms
- brave
- control
- defeat
- dominate
- persevere
- rule
- stay

## Related Forms
- obey
- quit
- retreat

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: surrendren
- Root: surrendre

## Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English surrendren English surrender From Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān.

## AI Etymology
Surrender is from Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān. In present-day use, it can mean to stop fighting and admit that you have been defeated, or to give up something or hand it over to someone else.

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