English-Danish translations for surrender

• opgive
  Vi vil ikke opgive vores nationale lovgivnings suverænitet. We shall not surrender the sovereignty of our national law.
  Dette princip skal ikke opgives til fordel for den døgnflue, der hedder et fælles EU-skattesystem. This should not be surrendered in favour of the ephemera of an EU-wide tax system.
  At benægte disse forskydninger er at opgive den sociale beskyttelse. Denying that such shifts take place is tantamount to surrendering social protection.

Definition of surrender

• To give up into the power, control, or possession of another
• To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in
• To give up possession of; to yield; to resign
• To yield to an influence, emotion, passion, etc
• To abandon and recover half of the initial bet
• An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation
• The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists

Examples

• I surrender!
• to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
• to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep

Related words

• self-surrender
• surrender one's weapons
• unconditional surrender