different between subordination vs surrender

English

Etymology

From Middle French subordination, from Medieval Latin subordinatio

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??b??d??ne??n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??b???n??e??n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: sub?or?di?na?tion

Noun

subordination (countable and uncountable, plural subordinations)

1. The process of making something subordinate.
2. The process of subordinating.
3. The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.
4. The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer).

See also

• insubordination

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin subordin?ti?. See also subordonner and -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.b??.di.na.sj??/
• Homophone: subordinations

Noun

subordination f (plural subordinations)

1. subordination.
2. (grammar) use of subclauses

   Antonym: parataxe

Derived terms

• conjonction de subordination
• insubordination

Further reading

• “subordination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• surrendre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Noun use is from Anglo-Norman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s????nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Verb

surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)

1. (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
2. (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3. (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.

   I surrender!

4. (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.

   to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage

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

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

6. (transitive, intransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7. (transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

Synonyms

• ((transitive) give up into the power, control, or possession of another): hand over, overgive
• ((intransitive) give oneself up into the power of another): strike one's flag, wave the white flag

Translations

Noun

surrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders)

1. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
2. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
3. (law, 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

Translations

Anagrams

• surrendre