The Clue
Giving-up Presley song: 1961 (9 letter answer)
The Answer
SURRENDER
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Notes
The answer SURRENDER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
SURRENDER as a noun:
1. (resignation, surrender) = acceptance of despair
2. (giving up, yielding, surrender) = a verbal act of admitting defeat
3. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
4. (capitulation, fall, surrender) = the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
SURRENDER as a verb:
1. (surrender, give up) = give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
2. (surrender, cede, deliver, give up) = relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
3. (surrender, relinquish) = relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another