Surrender vs Willpower - What's the difference?
surrender | willpower |
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 unwavering strength of will to carry out one’s wishes.
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As nouns the difference between surrender and willpower
is that surrender is an act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation while willpower is the unwavering strength of will to carry out one’s wishes.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
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* 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