Meaning & use
surrendered
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Stopped resisting and gave oneself up, or formally handed over control of something to another party.
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The general surrendered the fort after a three-day siege.
She finally surrendered to exhaustion and went to bed.
A note on using this word
Used literally in military or legal contexts, or figuratively to describe giving in to a feeling or temptation.
Words with a similar meaning
yieldedcapitulated
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Words with an opposite meaning
resisted
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