Forfeit vs. Surrender — What's the Difference?

Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing

To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion

A fine or penalty for wrongdoing

To give up in favor of another, especially voluntarily

Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing

To give up or abandon

To lose or give up (something) on account of an offense, error, or failure to fulfill an agreement

To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion

To subject to seizure as a forfeit.

(Law) To effectuate a surrender of.

Something that is lost or given up on account of an offense, error, or failure to fulfill an agreement.

To submit to the power of another, especially after resisting; give up.

The act of forfeiting

The act or an instance of surrendering

In parlor games, an item placed in escrow and redeemed by paying a fine or performing an appointed task.

(Law) The yielding of the possession of an estate to a party with a reversion or remainder interest in the estate, or of a lease to a landlord, prior to the term's expiration.

Forfeits A game in which forfeits are demanded.

(transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.

Lost or subject to loss through forfeiture.

To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.

A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.

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

A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.

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

Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.

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

Injury; wrong; mischief.

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

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules

An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.

To fail to keep an obligation.

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.

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.

Injury; wrong; mischief.

To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.

A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life.

To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; - used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.

Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; - whence the game of forfeits.

To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons.

To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; - with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited.

The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.

To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.

The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.

To fail to keep an obligation.

The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).

In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation.

Acceptance of despair

Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;

A verbal act of admitting defeat

A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something;

The delivery of a principal into lawful custody

The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

The act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);

Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

Give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another;

Surrendered as a penalty

Relinquish possession or control over;

Relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another