surrender

se rendre, capituler

Arrêter de combattre et accepter la victoire de l’ennemi.

En anglais simple : To stop fighting and accept that the enemy has won.

• The soldiers surrendered.
• The army refused to surrender to the enemy.
• Will the troops surrender before dawn?

Comment l'utiliser : surrender to someone (The remaining troops surrendered to the opposing army.)

Synonymes : give up, capitulate

Contraires : resist

Expressions courantes : surrender to someone, refuse to surrender

se rendre, se soumettre

Accepter de passer sous le contrôle d’une personne plus puissante, notamment en devenant son prisonnier.

En anglais simple : To let a more powerful person take control of you, especially by becoming their prisoner.

• The thief surrendered.
• She surrendered to the police outside her house.
• The escaped prisoner finally surrendered himself.

Comment l'utiliser : surrender to someone (The suspect surrendered to the officers.); surrender yourself to someone (He surrendered himself to the police.)

Synonymes : give yourself up, give in

Contraires : resist

Expressions courantes : surrender to someone, surrender yourself

remettre, céder, renoncer

Remettre à quelqu’un ce qu’on possède, ou renoncer à un droit ou à un avantage.

En anglais simple : To give someone something you have, or stop keeping a right or advantage.

• Please surrender your weapons.
• She surrendered her passport to the court.
• They will never surrender their right to vote.

Comment l'utiliser : surrender something to someone (All visitors must surrender their phones to the guard.)

Synonymes : give up, hand over, relinquish

Contraires : retain

Expressions courantes : surrender something, surrender your passport, surrender control

s’abandonner, céder

Cesser de résister à un sentiment ou à un désir et se laisser emporter.

En anglais simple : To stop fighting against a feeling or desire and let it control you.

• He surrendered to sleep.
• She would not surrender to despair.
• For a moment, I surrendered myself to the music.

Comment l'utiliser : surrender to something (He finally surrendered to exhaustion.); surrender yourself to something (She surrendered herself to the joy of the moment.)

Synonymes : give in, yield

Contraires : resist

Expressions courantes : surrender to sleep, surrender to something, surrender yourself

reddition, capitulation

Fait de cesser le combat ou la résistance et d’accepter le contrôle d’autrui.

En anglais simple : The act of stopping a fight or struggle and accepting another person’s control.

• The army announced its surrender.
• The enemy demanded unconditional surrender.
• Her quiet surrender to grief worried her friends.

Comment l'utiliser : surrender to someone/something (Their surrender to the enemy ended the battle.)

Synonymes : capitulation, submission

Contraires : resistance

Expressions courantes : unconditional surrender, accept surrender, surrender to someone