Clues for the word "SURRENDER"
We've had 24 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 36 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Family Time crossword on April 22, 2024.
Definition of surrender
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - 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.
- 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
- n. - The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
- n. - The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.
Referring Clues
- Concede defeat
- Capitulate
- Cede
- Raise a white flag
- Cry uncle
- Throw in one's hand
- Give up
- Relinquish
- Giving up Presley song: 1961
- Word in the sky over Oz
- Give in, yield
- Yield tear, there being less doubt about it
- Split up - admit mistake on reflection and give in
- Wave the white flag
- Give up on French return
- Yield
- Give in
- Tear into less risky yield
- Resign from part when concealing slip up
- Insurer's right to final yield
- Submit to European rule after university clergyman's in post
- Concede part concealing sin retrospectively
- Almost certain to provide yield
- Throw in the towel
Last Seen In
- Family Time - April 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 22, 2023
- Daily Quick - November 29, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 16, 2023
- Daily Quick - April 08, 2023
- Guardian Cryptic - January 29, 2018
- Daily Quick - November 29, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - October 13, 2017
- Daily Quick - October 02, 2017
- Guardian Quick - June 29, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - May 26, 2017
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - April 23, 2017
- Daily Quick - April 08, 2017
- Guardian Quiptic - November 14, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2016
- Guardian Quick - October 12, 2012
- Netword - May 15, 2012
- Netword - November 28, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - May 13, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - December 16, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - November 02, 2010
- Thinks Daily - October 23, 2010
- Universal - July 19, 2010
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 27, 2010
- Netword - April 13, 2009
- Thinks Daily - October 23, 2007
- Guardian Cryptic - March 07, 2007
- Family Time - October 23, 2005
- Family Time - September 26, 2005
- And in 6 more crossword puzzles...