surrender
/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/ noun C2- An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; a feeling of abandonment and resignation; the deliberate cessation of struggle over outcomes.
- The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
- 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.
Plural surrenders
From the library
He sought to open it; lock and padlock were fastened; these faithful guardians seemed unwilling to surrender their trust.
You surrender the ability to maximize your vacation days, committing a substantial portion of your time solely to movement.
Translation, Eleanor had often mused during her decades of solitary work, was fundamentally an act of profound surrender and impossible compromise.
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