acquiesce vs surrender

acquiesce

verb
  • To concur upon conviction; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition. 

  • To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object. 

surrender

verb
  • To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in. 

  • 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. 

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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