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self-surrender

[self-suh-ren-der, self-]

noun

  1. the surrender or yielding up of oneself, one's will, affections, etc., as to another person, an influence, or a cause.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-surrender1

First recorded in 1695–1705
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U2, whose lead singer Bono also looked to Dyan as an exemplar, turned the tropes of arena rock inside out, so that a garage-rock classic like “Gloria” becomes a “crisis of faith,” an “anthem of self-surrender” in which the devotion Bono feels “involves something larger than himself, and he’s trying to empty himself of everything that’s not in it.”

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At the time, US law enforcement officials described him as the "highest ranking Mexican cartel leader" to "self-surrender" in the US.

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The judge noted his family ties to the area, his longtime residency here and his self-surrender Friday morning when she approved the bond.

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Trump has publicly predicted he will soon be arrested, though there is no indication law enforcement officials have conveyed that to his lawyers, and it would be unusual for someone indicted on the charge of a relatively modest financial crime to not be allowed to self-surrender once the indictment is filed.

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She was given a self-surrender date of April 27 after the court found out she was pregnant with her second child.

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