Separated, new baby, but still hopeful

[newmama]

Dropping the rope is saying, I love you but I can't fix you or our R anymore. I am working on me now and protecting me and my family. You have made your decision and you must play that out. I will make mine.

I think I can agree with that definition. Maybe D is "burning the rope?"

surrender:
v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

v.tr.
To relinquish possession or control of to another because of demand or compulsion.
To give up in favor of another.
To give up or give back (something that has been granted): surrender a contractual right.
To give up or abandon: surrender all hope.
To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion: surrendered himself to grief.
Law. To restore (an estate, for example), especially to give up (a lease) before expiration of the term.
v.intr.
To give oneself up, as to an enemy.

I do see "give" as the common verb in all of these definitions of surrender. If you "drop" the rope, you are "giving" WS ALL of the rope.

To give up or abandon: surrender all hope.

I see this definition fitting "surrender" in the way that I meant it. To acknowledge that you love the WS but choose to not work on the relationship and instead work on yourself means abandoning the work on the relationship.BUT it is temporarily abandoning it if you don't D!