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Surrender vs Relinquish - What's the difference?

surrender | relinquish |

Relinquish is a synonym of surrender.



In transitive terms the difference between surrender and relinquish

is that surrender is to give up possession of; to yield; to resign while relinquish is to accept to give up, withdraw etc.

As a noun surrender

is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

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

    relinquish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To give up, abandon or retire from something.
    • to relinquish a title
    to relinquish property
    to relinquish rights
    to relinquish citizenship or nationality
  • To let go (free, away), physically release.
  • To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
  • * 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
    • But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish .
  • To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
    • ''The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

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