Surrender vs Release - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between surrender and release

is that surrender is to give up possession of; to yield; to resign while release is to lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

surrender

English

Alternative forms

* surrendre (archaic)

Verb

(en verb)

To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.

(intransitive, or, reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.

I surrender !

To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.

to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

(reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.

''to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep

To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.

Synonyms

* (l), (l) * wave the white flag

Noun

(en 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.

(legal, property law) 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.

Synonyms

* capitulation

release

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) relaisser (variant of relascher).

Noun

(en noun)

The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

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(software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be both public or private.

Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).

That which is released, untied or let go.

Derived terms

* prerelease * release notes * release from requirement * software release * release process

Verb

(releas)

To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.

To make available to the public.

To free or liberate; to set free.

To discharge.

(telephone) (of a call) To hang up.

(legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.

to release an ordinance

(Hooker)

(soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity

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Antonyms

* hold

Etymology 2

Verb

(releas)

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.