Surrender vs Relinquishment - What's the difference?
surrender | relinquishment | Synonyms |
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.
Relinquishment is a synonym of surrender.
As nouns the difference between surrender and relinquishment
is that surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation while relinquishment is the act of relinquishing something.As a verb surrender
is to give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.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