surrender

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
surrender/səˈrendə(r)/

▶verb

• 1 stop resisting an opponent and submit to their authority.

• 2 give up (a person, right, or possession) on compulsion or demand.

  ■ give up (a lease) before its expiry.

• 3 (surrender to) abandon oneself entirely to (a powerful emotion or influence).

• 4 (of a person assured) cancel (a life insurance policy) and receive back a proportion of the premiums paid.

▶noun the action of surrendering.

– phrases
surrender to bail Law duly appear in court after release on bail.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. (see sur-1, render).