no surrender
Refuse to yield
No surrender is a declaration of refusal to give up or yield, often used as a rallying cry or motto.
The phrase emphasizes absolute commitment to a cause or position: No surrender, no retreat.
In Northern Ireland, it became a Protestant loyalist slogan expressing resistance to Irish nationalism.
More broadly, it conveys defiant persistence against any pressure to quit.
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- no retreatRefusal to fall back
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- hold the lineMaintain current position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
steadfast · fight · fight to the death · resolve · stubborn · die hard · fortress · siege · hold · stand your ground · grit · tenacity · battle cry · battlecry · unwavering · endure · persist · iron
- battle criesbattle cry, charge, hooah, banzai, oorah
- Ulster Loyalismloyalism, unionism, Ulster, William of Orange, sash
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
- combatbattle, fight, combat, unarmed combat, grappling
- warrior ethicsbushido, chivalry, code of honor, samurai code, warrior ethos
no surrendersurrender
Cease resistance, yield
capitulation · unconditional surrender · submission · yield · giving in
no surrendernegotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
compromise · appeasement · accommodation · conciliation · diplomatic solution