Surrender vs Requite - 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.
To return in kind; To repay; to recompense; to reward.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 3
*:But, remember—
*:For that's my business to you,—that you three
*:From Milan did supplant good Prospero;
*:Expos'd unto the sea, which hath requit it,
*:Him, and his innocent child: for which foul deed
*:The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have
*:Incens'd the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures,
*:Against your peace.
* 1925 , Franz Kafka, The Trial'', ''Vintage Books (London) , pg. 91:
To retaliate.
Surrender is a related term of requite.
As verbs the difference between surrender and requite
is that 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 while requite is to return in kind; to repay; to recompense; to reward.As a noun surrender
is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.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
Synonyms
* (l), (l) * wave the white flagNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* capitulationrequite
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Alternative forms
*(archaic) requitVerb
(en-verb)- He bowed slightly to K.'s uncle, who appeared very flattered to make this new acquaintance, yet, being by nature incapable of expressing obligation, requited the Clerk of the Court's words with a burst of embarrassed but raucous laughter.