To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Strife, contention, great effort.
To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
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.
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.
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.