Resigned vs Surrendered - What's the difference?
resigned | surrendered |
Characterized by resignation or acceptance.
(resign)
(surrender)
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 resigned and surrendered
is that resigned is (resign) while surrendered is (surrender).As an adjective resigned
is characterized by resignation or acceptance.resigned
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*surrendered
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(head)surrender
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* 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