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surrender

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surrender
Law
a. the yielding up or restoring of an estate, esp the giving up of a lease before its term has expired
b. the giving up to the appropriate authority of a fugitive from justice
c. the act of surrendering or being surrendered to bail
d. the deed by which a legal surrender is effected


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There was an extremely pathetic side to the surrender of these mighty fliers, the result of an age-old custom which demanded that surrender should be signalized by the voluntary plunging to earth of the commander of the vanquished vessel.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
And as the lesser surrendereth himself to the greater that he may have delight and power over the least of all, so doth even the greatest surrender himself, and staketh--life, for the sake of power.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
In the District of Minas alone, there were destroyed two hundred and fifty-five houses, two hundred and seventy-six barns, one hundred and fifty-five outhouses, eleven mills, and one church; and the friends of those who refused to surrender were threatened as the victims of their obstinacy.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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