noun the giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
2. surrender ·noun the yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
3. surrender ·noun the delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. ·see extradition.
4. surrender ·vt to give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
5. surrender ·vt to yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power;
used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
6. surrender ·vi to give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons.
7. surrender ·add. ·noun the voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).
8. surrender ·vt 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.
9. surrender ·noun the act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.
10. surrender ·vt to yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.