明け渡す|あけわたすakewatasu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
   彼かれらはその高地こうちを敵軍てきぐんに明け渡あけわたした。↗

   They abandoned the hill to enemy forces.

• Synonym立ち退くたちのくNeutralFor moving out of a home or withdrawing from a place; the emphasis is on leaving. 「明け渡す」 centers on vacating a house or castle and handing it to the other party.
• Synonym譲り渡すゆずりわたすNeutralTransferring property or rights to another person. 「明け渡す」 instead centers on vacating the place itself and handing it over.
• Synonym譲るゆずるNeutralThe broadest word for yielding or transferring something to another. 「明け渡す」 is limited to vacating a house, land, castle or one's position and handing it over.
• Related引き渡すひきわたすNeutralHanding over people or things, as in 「犯人を引き渡す」; not limited to buildings. 「明け渡す」 is for vacating a place and turning it over to someone.
• Related手放すてばなすNeutralLetting go of or selling something, as in 「家を手放す」; the focus is on losing ownership, not on vacating a place for another party.
• Related譲渡じょうとWrittenA written, legal term for transferring property or rights. 「明け渡す」 focuses on vacating a house or place rather than the transfer itself.
• Antonym占拠するNeutralAntonym: forcibly occupying a place — the opposite of vacating it and handing it over, as 「明け渡す」 describes.
• Antonym占有するNeutralAntonym: possessing or controlling something — the opposite of vacating and surrendering it, as with 「明け渡す」.

「明け渡す」 is for vacating a house, land, castle or position and handing it over: 「城を明け渡す」「首位を明け渡す」. For moving out use 「立ち退く」, for handing over people or things 「引き渡す」, for parting with or selling 「手放す」, for yielding or transferring 「譲る」; 「譲渡」 is legal usage.

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1. 現在げんざい生活せいかつ、活動かつどう、占有せんゆうしている建物たてものや土地とちなどから立ち退たちのき、他人たにんに引き渡ひきわたす。