(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten.
General Martin Bonnet called on the rebels to ~...
She ~ed to the police in London last December.
VERB: V, V to n
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Surrender is also a noun.
...the government’s apparent ~ to demands made by the religious militants.
N-VAR: oft N to n
2.
If you ~ something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle.
Nadja had to fill out forms ~ing all rights to her property...
VERB: V n
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Surrender is also a noun.
...the sixteen-day deadline for the ~ of weapons and ammunition.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
3.
If you ~ something such as a ticket or your passport, you give it to someone in authority when they ask you to. (FORMAL)
They have been ordered to ~ their passports.
VERB: V n