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surrender

n. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

resignation

n. acceptance of despair

capitulation, fall

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

giving up, yielding

n. a verbal act of admitting defeat

give up

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

relinquish

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

deliver, give up, cede

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

deliver, deport, extradite

v. hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"

humbleness, meekness

n. the feeling of patient submissive humbleness

defeat

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

destruction, death, end

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. a formal resignation and renunciation of powers

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

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

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

v. consent reluctantly

renounce, turn away from, quit, relinquish, foreswear

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

give up, resign, renounce, vacate

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"

surrender, deliver, give up, cede

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

grant, yield, concede, cede

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

renounce, abdicate

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

predate, antedate, precede, forego, antecede

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

surrender, relinquish

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

grant, yield, concede, cede

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

renounce, abdicate

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

abjure, recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

renounce, turn away from, quit, relinquish, foreswear

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

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

v. consent reluctantly

break, breach, violate, transgress, go against, infract, be in violation of

v. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

fall

v. yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"

give up, resign, renounce, vacate

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"

release, free, give up, relinquish

v. part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

yield, quail, give way, stop resisting, be overpowered by

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

reconcile, resign, submit

v. accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

forward, send on

v. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"

post, place, base, station, send

v. assign to a station

assumption, supposition

n. a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

perseverance, persistence, perseveration

n. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

hold out, stand firm, resist, withstand, offer resistance

v. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

battle, combat, battle against

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"

take, have, consume, ingest

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

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