Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, n. (Insurance)
   The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the
   company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration
   (called the

   {surrender value}).

Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, v. i.
   To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield;
   as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the
   first summons.

Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, n.
   1. The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning
      one's person, or the possession of something, into the
      power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an
      enemy; the surrender of a right.

            That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender
            in trust of the whole of it.          --Burke.

   2. (Law)
      (a) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an
          immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
      (b) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by
          his bail.
      (c) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one
          government to another, as by a foreign state. See
          {Extradition}. --Wharton.

Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surrendered}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Surrendering}.] [OF. surrendre to deliver; sur
   over + rendre to render. See {Sur-}, and {Render}.]
   1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up
      possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to
      surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to
      surrender a fort or a ship.

   2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to
      surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.

            To surrender up that right which otherwise their
            founders might have in them.          --Hooker.

   3. To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; --
      used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to
      despair, to indolence, or to sleep.

   4. (Law) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a
      principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice
      by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant
      thereof to him in remainder or reversion.

Source : WordNet®

surrender
     n 1: acceptance of despair [syn: {resignation}]
     2: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: {giving up}, {yielding}]
     3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
     4: the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they
        were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: {capitulation},
         {fall}]
     v 1: give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of
          another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
          [syn: {give up}] [ant: {resist}]
     2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
        surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: {cede},
         {deliver}, {give up}]
     3: relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of
        another [syn: {relinquish}]