Surrender vs Unsurrendering - What's the difference?
surrender | unsurrendering |
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.
Not surrendering; indomitable
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.As a noun surrender
is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.As an adjective unsurrendering is
not surrendering; indomitable.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
* capitulationunsurrendering
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Adjective
(head)- She had an unsurrendering optimism.