Foregoing vs Surrender - What's the difference?
foregoing | surrender |
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. ยง 14.
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 foregoing and surrender
is that foregoing is present participle of lang=en 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 an adjective foregoing
is occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.As a noun surrender is
an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.foregoing
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Adjective
(-)- we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;
Synonyms
* precedingAntonyms
* subsequentVerb
(head)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