peace · capitulate · yield · concede · armistice · treaty · defeat · submission · negotiate · olive branch · holster · retreat · lay down · give up · reconcile · amnesty · demobilize · hands up
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Related — surrender (Cease resistance, yield); ceasefire (Agreed halt to fighting); truce (Agreed halt to hostilities); disarm · white flag · peace · capitulate · yield · concede · armistice · treaty · defeat · submission
military action/aggressionlays down arms ≠ opens fire Initiates armed attack; attacks · mobilizes · fights · strikes · invades
resistance/defiancelays down arms ≠ holds out Maintains position despite pressure; resists · fights to the death · digs in · defies · rises up
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/lays_down_arms