Surrender

The answer

WAIVE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WAIVE answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• CEDE (110 uses in xd)
• YIELD (6 uses in xd)
• FORFEIT (4 uses in xd)
• LAYDOWNONESARMS (3 uses in xd)
• QUIT (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for WAIVE

Every other clue in this collection answered by WAIVE, most used first.

• Forgo - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Relinquish - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Give up - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Give up, as a right - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Voluntarily forgo - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Relinquish legally - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Forgo, as one's rights - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Give up, as one's rights - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Relinquish voluntarily - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Sign away - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Cry of surrender - UNCLE, used 27 times
• Word of surrender - UNCLE, used 26 times
• "I surrender!" - UNCLE, used 17 times
• Symbol of surrender - TOWEL, used 8 times
• Cry of surrender - IGIVE, used 7 times
• Surrender - YIELD, used 6 times

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