surrendering
Meaning of surrendering
verb, gerund or present participle
- stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.
over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities
- give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand.
in 1815 Denmark surrendered Norway to Sweden
the UK is opposed to surrendering its monetary sovereignty
late Middle English (chiefly in legal use): from Anglo-Norman French (see sur-1, render).
Information about surrendering
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of surrendering
sur-ren-der-ing
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- surrendering is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
surrendering synonyms
Meaning cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield:
Meaning produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product):
Meaning admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it:
Meaning accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person:
Meaning put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone:
Meaning accept something reluctantly but without protest:
Meaning abandon or mitigate a severe or harsh attitude, especially by finally yielding to a request:
Meaning fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force:
Meaning leave (a place), usually permanently:
Meaning break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration:
Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:
Meaning refuse or resign a right or position, especially one as an heir or trustee:
Meaning go without (something desirable):
Meaning agree to give up or do without:
Meaning give up (power or territory):
Meaning (of a monarch) renounce one's throne:
Meaning refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim):
Meaning lose or give up (something) as a necessary consequence of something else:
Meaning give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations:
Meaning give up (an office, privilege, etc.):
Meaning make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to another:
Meaning perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act):
Meaning agree to give or allow (something requested) to:
Meaning abandon or leave:
Meaning condemn someone or something to (a specified fate) by ceasing to take an interest in them:
Meaning be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something):
surrendering antonyms
Meaning withstand the action or effect of:
Meaning remain undamaged or unaffected by; resist:
Meaning take hold of suddenly and forcibly:
Words that rhyme with surrendering
Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing
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