Forgo vs Surrender - What's the difference?
forgo | surrender |
To let pass, to leave alone
To do without, to abandon
To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
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 nouns the difference between forgo and surrender
is that forgo is joint while surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.As an adjective forgo
is turning, revolving, rotating, whirling, circulating.As a verb surrender is
to give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc) to an enemy.forgo
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Alternative forms
* foregoVerb
- The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully.
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* English irregular verbssurrender
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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