white flagging
Waving truce symbol
White flagging is signaling surrender or a request for truce, from the white flag's traditional meaning in warfare.
More broadly, it means giving up or backing down from a conflict or challenge: After three hours of arguing, she finally white flagged.
In online contexts, white flagging can mean marking something as problematic or calling attention to concerning content.
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
- giving upChoosing to stop trying
giving in · cry uncle · peace · defeat · ceasefire · submission · waving · retreat · concession · negotiation · armistice · parley · mercy · weakness · exhaustion · battlefield · signal · cloth
white flaggingpersevering
Maintaining effort despite difficulty
holding out · persisting · digging in · standing one's ground · doubling down
white flaggingdeclaring war
Formal announcement of military action
escalating · attacking · charging · saber-rattling · advancing
white flaggingresisting
Actively opposing pressure
holding out · defying · digging in · counterattacking · rallying
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