without a fight
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- yieldingBending under pressure
- submissionYielding to another's will
- capitulateYield under pressure
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
retreat · white flag · truce · passive · resignation · bloodless · peacefully · comply · give in · back down · meek · docile · lay down arms · walkover · easy · uncontested · unopposed · acquiesce
resistance
without a fightkicking and screaming
Resisting with physical protest
tooth and nail · putting up a fight · fighting back · defiantly · under protest
ease of acquisition/surrender
without a fighthard-won
Achieved with difficulty
with great difficulty · the hard way · against all odds · painstakingly · with difficulty