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Surrender vs Deference - What's the difference?

surrender | deference |

As nouns the difference between surrender and deference

is that surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation while deference is deference.

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.

surrender

English

Alternative forms

* surrendre (archaic)

Verb

(en verb)
  • 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.
  • I surrender !
  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
  • to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
  • (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
  • ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
  • To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l) * wave the white flag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * capitulation

    deference

    English

    Noun

  • Great respect.
  • The children treated their elders with deference .
  • The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.
  • By tidying his room, he showed deference to his mother.

    Synonyms

    * honor * respect