The noun surrender has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) resignation, surrender -- (acceptance of despair)
2. (1) giving up, yielding, surrender -- (a verbal act of admitting defeat)
3. surrender -- (the delivery of a principal into lawful custody)
4. capitulation, fall, surrender -- (the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort")
Overview of verb surrender
The verb surrender has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) surrender, give up -- (give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered")
2. (2) surrender, cede, deliver, give up -- (relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in")
3. (2) surrender, relinquish -- (relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another)