quit vs surrender

quit

verb
  • To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.). 

  • To leave (a place). 

  • To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit. 

  • To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun). 

  • To close (an application). 

  • To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. 

  • To abandon, renounce (a thing). 

adj
  • Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid. 

noun
  • Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America. 

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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