surrenderer

One who yields

A surrenderer is one who surrenders—gives up, yields, or relinquishes something.

The word typically appears in legal or military contexts: The surrenderer of the property must sign here.

It can describe someone who capitulates in conflict or someone who voluntarily hands over rights, possessions, or control.

submission

compliance

Adhering to requirements

docility · meekness · resignation · yielding · capitulating · subjection · passivity · subservience · conformity · assent

capitulation

armistice

Agreement to cease hostilities

treaty · peace · negotiations · parley · amnesty · cessation · disarmament · unconditional · terms · handover

negotiation

compromise

Agreement through mutual sacrifice

agreement · reconciliation · mediation · bargain · trade-off · terms · deal · pact · olive branch · detente

Opposites
military/conflict role

surrendererconqueror

Victor who takes control

victor · captor · capturer · vanquisher · defeater

agency and resistance

surrendererresistor

Current-limiting circuit element

resister · fighter · holdout · defiant · hero

captive vs. captor

surrenderercaptor

One who seizes another

capturer · taker · seizer · jailer · detainer

Phrases
Family

surrender, surrenderable, surrendered, surrenders, surrendering, surrenderers, unsurrendered

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G