surrendering
Waving white flag
Surrendering is the act of yielding to an opponent or authority—giving up resistance, control, or possession.
Soldiers surrender to enemy forces; a fugitive surrenders to police.
The word extends to abstract yieldings: surrendering to temptation, surrendering your dreams.
To surrender something is to hand it over: She surrendered her passport at the border.
Ceasing to resist
- concessionYielding a point
- submissionYielding to another's will
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- complianceAdhering to requirements
succumbing · ceding · conceding · relenting · backing down · deferring · acceding · folding
Releasing one's grasp
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- trustConfidence in another
- releaseTo let go
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
submission · ego death · grace · faith · nonresistance · openness · transcendence · detachment
Transfer of control
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
release · transfer · turning over · giving up · abandonment · sacrifice · letting go · divestiture
Complete yielding to demands
- defeatVictory over another
- white flagSignal of capitulation
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
laying down arms · ceasefire · treaty · occupation · prisoner of war · demilitarization · conquest · vanquished
giving in
Ceasing to resist
- concessionYielding a point
- submissionYielding to another's will
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
compliance · succumbing · ceding · conceding · relenting · backing down · deferring · acceding · folding · capitulating
letting go
Releasing one's grasp
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- trustConfidence in another
- releaseTo let go
devotion · submission · ego death · grace · faith · nonresistance · openness · transcendence · detachment · inner peace
handover
Transfer of control
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
waiver · release · transfer · turning over · giving up · abandonment · sacrifice · letting go · divestiture · forgoing
capitulation
Complete yielding to demands
- defeatVictory over another
- white flagSignal of capitulation
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
armistice · laying down arms · ceasefire · treaty · occupation · prisoner of war · demilitarization · conquest · vanquished · rout
- card gamespoker, blackjack, solitaire, hearts, spades
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- surrendercapitulate, capitulating, capitulation, give up, giving up
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
- submissionsubmission hold, submitting, capitulation, yielding, acquiescence
surrenderingresisting
Actively opposing pressure
fighting · defying · holding out · persevering · fighting back
surrenderingconquering
Defeating and taking control
vanquishing · triumphing · defeating · prevailing · winning
render, surrender, rendering, rendition, surrendered, surrenders, surrenderer, surrenderers, unsurrendered