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surrender

 
 
/sərˈendər/ verb

Translation

STOP FIGHTING [I] to stop fighting and admit that you have been beaten
teslim olmak, yenik düşmek, boyun eğmek
Rebel troops are refusing to surrender.710
GIVE [T] formal to give something to someone else because you have been forced or officially asked to give it to them
teslim etmek
He was released on the condition that he surrendered his passport.779
surrender noun [C, U]
teslimiyet
(Definition of surrender verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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