Surrender vs Renunciation - What's the difference?
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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.
the act of rejecting]] or [[renounce, renouncing something as invalid
the resignation of an ecclesiastical office
Surrender is a related term of renunciation.
As nouns the difference between surrender and renunciation
is that surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation while renunciation is the act of rejecting]] or [[renounce|renouncing something as invalid.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)- I surrender !
- to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
- ''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep
Synonyms
* (l), (l) * wave the white flagNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* capitulationrenunciation
English
(wikipedia renunciation)Noun
(en noun)- The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress.
- The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health.