surrendered

4 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to stop fighting and admit defeat:

They would rather die than surrender (to the invaders).

If you surrender to an experience or emotion, you stop trying to prevent or control it:

I finally surrendered to temptation, and ate the last piece of chocolate.

to give something that is yours to someone else because you have been forced to do so or because it is necessary to do so:

The police demanded that the gang surrender their weapons.

Neither side is willing to surrender any territory/any of their claims.