Ceded vs Surrender - What's the difference?
ceded | surrender |
(cede)
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To give up, give way, give away.
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
(intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
(reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
(legal, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
As verbs the difference between ceded and surrender
is that ceded is past tense of cede while surrender is to give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.As a noun surrender is
an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.ceded
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Verb
(head)cede
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Verb
(ced)- Edward decided to cede the province.
surrender
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Alternative forms
* surrendre (archaic)Verb
(en verb)- I surrender !
- to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
- ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep