surrender

Noun

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
  • they were protected until the capitulation of the fort
    

• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• acceptance of despair

Verb

• relinquish possession or control over
  • The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
    

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
  • The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  capitulation , fall , giving up , yielding , resignation , cede , deliver , give up
• Antonyms: 
  resist , hold out , withstand , stand firm