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surrender

n. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

resignation, surrender

n. acceptance of despair

capitulation, fall, surrender

n. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

giving up, yielding, surrender

n. a verbal act of admitting defeat

surrender, give up

v. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"

surrender, relinquish

v. relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another

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meekness, submission

n. the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness

defeat, licking

n. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

end, destruction, death

n. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

submission, compliance

n. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

renunciation, renouncement

n. an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned

abdication, stepping down

n. the act of abdicating

abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation

n. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

v. consent reluctantly

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

vacate, resign, renounce, give up

v. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

deliver, drive home

v. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

abdicate, renounce

v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

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supposition, supposal

n. the cognitive process of supposing

perseveration

n. the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it

resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm

v. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

battle, combat

v. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

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