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| Main Entry: | submission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compliance |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, appeasement, assent, capitulation, cringing, deference, humility, meekness, obedience, prostration, resignation, surrender, yielding, backing down, bowing, defeatism, docility, giving in, humbleness, malleability, nonresistance, passivism, passivity, pliabilty, recreancy, servility, subjection, submissiveness, submitting, tractability, unassertiveness |
| Antonyms: | fight, resistance |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience [more]., 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 [more]; 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) [more].
-adjectives
-phrases
have it your own way; it can't be helped; amen (assent) [more]; 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, obedience, permission, resignation, submission, yielding, giving in, submissiveness |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, insubordination, rebellion |
| Main Entry: | capitulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving in |
| Synonyms: | giving up, resignation, submission, surrender, yielding, accedence, bowing, buckling, conceding, knuckling under, relenting, succumbing |
| Antonyms: | fight, fighting, defending |
| Main Entry: | compliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, conformity, consent, deference, obedience, observance, resignation, submission, yielding, amenability, docility, passivity, submissiveness, tractability |
| Antonyms: | defiance, denial, disagreement, disobedience, dissension, dissent, fight, nonconformity, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | humiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | abasement, affront, chagrin, comedown*, comeuppance, condescension, confusion, degradation, discomfiture, disgrace, dishonor, ignominy, indignity, mortification, put-down, resignation, shame, submission, humbling, loss of face, mental pain, self-abasement, submissiveness, touché |
| Antonyms: | elevation, flattery, glorification, praise, success, triumph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loyalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faithfulness, dependability |
| Synonyms: | adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, bond, conscientiousness, constancy, devotion, duty, earnestness, faith, fealty, fidelity, homage, honesty, honor, integrity, obedience, patriotism, probity, reliability, resolution, sincerity, submission, support, tie, troth, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, zeal, devotedness, incorruptibility, inviolability, scrupulousness, single-mindedness, singleness, staunchness, steadfastness, subjection, trueheartedness, trueness, trustiness, trustworthiness |
| Antonyms: | disloyalty, unfaithfulness, undependability |
| Main Entry: | obedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good behavior; submissiveness |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, agreement, compliance, conformity, deference, duty, meekness, observance, respect, reverence, submission, willingness, accordance, conformability, docility, duteousness, dutifulness, manageability, orderliness, quietness, servility, subservience, tameness, tractability |
| Antonyms: | disobedience, misbehavior, mischief, mutiny, rebellion, bad behavior |
| Main Entry: | offer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proposal, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | action, attempt, bid, endeavor, essay, feeler*, hit*, overture, pass*, pitch*, presentation, proposition, rendition, submission, tender, propoundment |
| Antonyms: | refusal, withdrawal, taking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, willingness to endure |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, bearing, calmness, composure, constancy, cool*, diligence, endurance, equanimity, forbearance, fortitude, grit*, guts*, heart, humility, intestinal fortitude*, leniency, long-suffering, moderation, moxie*, passiveness, perseverance, persistence, poise, resignation, restraint, self-control, serenity, starch*, staying power*, stoicism, submission, tolerance, yielding, even temper, gutsiness, imperturbability, legs, longanimity, nonresistance, passivity, sufferance, toleration |
| Notes: | patience means the capacity to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming angry or upset; patients are people who requires medical care |
| Antonyms: | agitation, frustration, impatience, intolerance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | performance; something given, displayed |
| Synonyms: | act, appearance, arrangement, award, debut, delivery, demonstration, display, dog and pony show*, donation, exhibition, exposition, giving, introduction, launch, offering, overture, pitch, present, production, proposal, proposition, reception, remembrance, rendition, representation, show, submission, bestowal, coming out, conferral, delivering, investiture, knockdown*, launching, sales pitch, staging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surrender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving up; resignation |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, appeasement, capitulation, cessation, delivery, renunciation, submission, white flag*, yielding, abandonment, abdication, dedition, giving way, relenting, relinquishment, succumbing |
| Antonyms: | fight, fighting, victory, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | testimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration about truth; proof |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, affirmation, avowal, confirmation, data, demonstration, deposition, evidence, facts, grounds, illustration, indication, information, manifestation, profession, statement, submission, substantiation, support, testament, verification, witness, attestation, corroboration, documentation |
| Main Entry: | white flag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unconditional surrender |
| Synonyms: | capitulation, retreat, submission, backing down, caving in, flag of truce, giving in, throwing in the towel, truce flag |
| Main Entry: | subordination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subjection |
| Synonyms: | servitude, submission, subservience |
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request for help |
| Synonyms: | address, application, bid, call, claim, demand, entreaty, invocation, overture, petition, plea, prayer, proposal, proposition, question, recourse, requisition, submission, suit, supplication, adjuration, imploration, importunity, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | denial, disclaimer, refusal, retraction, revocation, disavowal |
| 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: | conformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compliance |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, allegiance, assent, consent, obedience, observance, orthodoxy, resignation, submission, willingness, conventionality, docility |
| Antonyms: | difference, fight, refusal, noncomformity |
| Main Entry: | deference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obedience, compliance |
| Synonyms: | acquiescence, capitulation, complaisance, condescension, obeisance, submission, yielding, docility |
| Antonyms: | disobedience, noncompliance, impoliteness |
| Main Entry: | endurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bearing hardship; staying power |
| Synonyms: | ability, allowance, backbone, bearing, capacity, continuing, cool, coolness, courage, enduring, fortitude, grit, guts, heart*, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moxie*, patience, perseverance, persistence, pluck, resignation, resistance, resolution, restraint, spunk, stamina, standing, starch*, strength, submission, suffering, tenacity, tolerance, vitality, will, forebearance, gutsiness, holding up, pertinacity, sufferance, toleration, undergoing, withstanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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