Surrender
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (Military) to yield (land, a town, etc.) to an enemy. To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in to.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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.
Example sentence: Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
Capitulation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms.The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
Example sentence: There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.