breach vs surrender

breach

verb
  • To violate or break. 

  • To break into a ship or into a coastal defence. 

  • To make a breach in. 

  • To leap out of the water. 

  • To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc. 

noun
  • The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 

  • A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment 

  • A difference in opinions, social class etc. 

  • A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves 

  • A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out. 

  • A breaking out upon; an assault. 

  • A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence 

surrender

verb
  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign. 

  • To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy. 

  • To give up into the power, control, or possession of another. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

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