raising the white flag
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- defeatVictory over another
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
yielding · submission · retreat · concession · armistice · giving up · waving · cloth · battlefield · negotiations · peace · loss · enemy · soldiers · desperation · humiliation · relief · exhaustion
capitulation vs. resistance
raising the white flagstanding one's ground
Refusing to yield position
digging in · never say die · holding out · doubling down · soldiering on
passive acceptance vs. active defiance
raising the white flagdefiance
Open resistance to authority
rebellion · resistance · insubordination · fighting back · pushing back