Surrender and Temperance

Surrender

surrender | səˈrendər | verb [no object] cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority: over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities. • [with object] give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand: in 1815 Denmark surrendered Norway to Sweden | they refused to surrender their weapons. • [with object] (in a sports contest) lose (a point, game, or advantage): she surrendered only twenty games in her five qualifying matches. • (surrender to) abandon oneself entirely to (a powerful emotion or influence); give in to: he was surprised that Miriam should surrender to this sort of jealousy | he surrendered himselfto the mood of the hills. • [with object] (of an insured person) cancel (a life insurance policy) and receive back a proportion of the premiums paid. noun the action of surrendering. • the action of surrendering a life insurance policy.

Temperance

2 the quality of moderation or self-restraint: the whole multitude of men lack temperance in their lives, either from ignorance or from want of self-control | a story of the struggle to achieve temperance.