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▸ verb: (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
▸ verb: (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
▸ verb: (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
▸ verb: (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
▸ noun: An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
▸ noun: The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
▸ noun: (law, property law) 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.
Similar:
cede,
relinquish,
resignation,
give up,
capitulation,
deliver,
deport,
extradite,
fall,
yielding,
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unconditional,
complete,
japanese,
total,
voluntary,
final,
german,
immediate,
formal,
self,
absolute
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