Surrendering Toward Empowerment

Letting Go of the Ego

surrender (v.)

early 15c., surrendren, in law, "give (something) up to the power or possession of another," from Old French surrendre "give up, deliver over" (13c.), from sur- "over" (see sur- (1)) + rendre "give back" (see render (v.)).

The reflexive sense of "to give oneself up" (especially as a prisoner) is from 1580s. Related: Surrendered; surrenderin…