| Main Entry: | submission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compliance |
Synonyms: |
acquiescence, appeasement, assent, backing down, bowing, capitulation, cringing, defeatism, deference, docility, giving in, humbleness, humility, malleability, meekness, nonresistance, obedience, passivism, passivity, pliabilty, prostration, recreancy, resignation, servility, subjection, submissiveness, submitting, surrender, tractability, unassertiveness, yielding |
Antonyms: |
fight, resistance |
| Concept: | Submission. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional Antagonism |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience., surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation; backdown., obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration.
-verbs
succumb, submit, yield, bend, resign, defer to., lay down one's arms, deliver up one's arms; lower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors., surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns (humility) [more]; give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgement by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under., eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres, gulp down., obey; kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to; bend the neck, bend the knee; kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow., pocket the affront; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself; submit with a good grace (bear with).
-adjectives
surrendering; submissive, resigned, crouching; downtrodden; down on one's marrow bones; on one's bended knee; unresisting, nonresisting; pliant (soft); undefended., untenable, indefensible; humble.
-phrases
have it your own way; it can't be helped; amen (assent); da locum melioribus; tempori parendum.
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| Main Entry: | acquiescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reluctant agreement |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, accession, approval, assent, compliance, concurrence, conformity, consent, giving in, obedience, permission, resignation, submission, submissiveness, yielding |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, insubordination, rebellion |
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request for help |
Synonyms: |
address, adjuration, application, bid, call, claim, demand, entreaty, imploration, importunity, invocation, overture, petition, plea, prayer, proposal, proposition, question, recourse, requisition, solicitation, submission, suit, supplication |
Antonyms: |
denial, disavowal, disclaimer, refusal, retraction, revocation |
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of money or services |
Synonyms: |
advance, amount, declaration, feeler, hit, invitation, offer, pass, price, proffer, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, sum, summons, tender |
| Main Entry: | bidding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of money, services |
Synonyms: |
advance, auction, invitation, offer, proffering, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, tender |
| Main Entry: | capitulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving in |
Synonyms: |
accedence, bowing, buckling, conceding, giving up, knuckling under, relenting, resignation, submission, succumbing, surrender, yielding |
Antonyms: |
defending, fight, fighting |
| Main Entry: | compliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
Synonyms: |
acquiescence, amenability, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, conformity, consent, deference, docility, obedience, observance, passivity, resignation, submission, submissiveness, tractability, yielding |
Antonyms: |
defiance, denial, disagreement, disobedience, dissension, dissent, fight, nonconformity, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | conformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compliance |
Synonyms: |
acquiescence, allegiance, assent, consent, conventionality, docility, obedience, observance, orthodoxy, resignation, submission, willingness |
Antonyms: |
difference, fight, noncomformity, refusal |
| Main Entry: | deference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obedience, compliance |
Synonyms: |
acquiescence, capitulation, complaisance, condescension, docility, obeisance, submission, yielding |
| Notes: | deference is a courteous expression of regard or respect, while difference is the quality of being unlike or dissimilar |
Antonyms: |
disobedience, impoliteness, noncompliance |