Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.