Surrendering synonyms
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To cede is to give up or surrender power or territory.
To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.
To voluntarily give up, abandon, or surrender a right, privilege or claim. Usually, a right may only be waived if the person so doing has full knowledge of what the consequences might be.
To physically leave, as in “to vacate the building. See also abandonment and overrule.
To give way (to); yield; submit
To allow oneself to be subjected to something:
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To give up an office, position of employment, etc., esp. by formal notice
To submit or refer (a matter) for consideration, judgment, etc.
To give up or abandon (control of something or a claim, for example).
To kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China.
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
To acknowledge or admit (defeat).
(Intransitive) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; — followed by ""in"", sometimes also by ""with"" and ""to"".
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To intentionally fail to complete.
To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
To cease or discontinue:
(Geology) To form bends in (a stratum of rock).
To yield reluctantly to pressure; submit; give in
To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit.
To give up (a pursuit, practice, way of living or feeling, etc.)
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(Nautical) To yield or give way.
To give up a claim or title to, esp. by a quitclaim deed
To fall (over) because or as if top-heavy
resisting (antonym)
Resist is defined as to fend off, oppose or work against.
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surpassing (antonym)
To go beyond, especially in a metaphoric or technical manner; to exceed.
conquering (antonym)
To be victorious; win.
winning (antonym)
To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
fighting (antonym)
(--- Sports) To engage in a boxing match.
keeping (related)
To continue to do:
Find another word for surrendering. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for surrendering, like: delivering, ceding, yielding, waiving, vacating, succumbing, submitting, resigning, remitting, relinquishing and kowtowing.