verb
    
    -ders; -dered; -dering
    
    to agree to stop fighting, hiding, resisting, etc., because you know that you will not win or succeed [no obj]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to give the control or use of (something) to someone else
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    to allow something (such as a habit or desire) to influence or control you - often + to; [no obj]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    [singular] an agreement to stop fighting, hiding, resisting, etc., because you know that you will not win or succeed :an act of surrendering
    
    
    
    
    
    the act of giving the control or use of something to someone else
    
    
    
    the act of allowing yourself to be influenced or controlled by someone or something