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| 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: | surrender |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up; resign |
| Synonyms: | abandon, capitulate, cede, commit, concede, consign, cry uncle*, eat crow*, entrust, fall, fold, forego, give in, go down, go under, hand over, knuckle under*, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce, submit, succumb, waive, yield, buckle under, cave in*, deliver up, eat humble pie, go along with, knuckle, let go, pack it in, part with, play dead, put up white flag, roll over, throw in the towel, toss it in |
| Antonyms: | conquer, fight, surpass, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abdicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up a right, position, or power |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, bail out*, cede, drop, forgo, leave, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out*, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, bag it, demit, give up, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, quitclaim |
| Antonyms: | assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abnegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, renouncement of something |
| Synonyms: | abstinence, forbearance, giving up, refusal, rejection, renunciation, sacrifice, self-denial, stonewall*, surrender, temperance, abandonment, eschewal, nixing, relinquishment |
| Antonyms: | acquiescence, admittance, surrender, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | back down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back off |
| Synonyms: | abandon, accede, acquiesce, admit, back off, back out, balk, bow out, cancel, chicken out*, chicken out, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, hold back, pull out, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, submit, surrender, take back, withdraw, yield, back pedal, backtrack, beg off, cave in, give ground, give up, go back on, have no fight left, pull back, wimp out, withdraw from agreement or statement |
| Antonyms: | go forwaard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | back out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | withdraw |
| Synonyms: | avoid, back down, cancel, chicken out*, cop out*, recant, renege, resign, scratch, surrender, welsh, back pedal, beg off, blow it off, get cold feet, give up, go back on, shy from, throw in the towel, weasel out, wiggle out, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capitulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give in |
| Synonyms: | bow, cede, come across, concede, defer, fold, knuckle under, put out, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield, buckle under, cave in, come to terms, give away the store, give out, give up |
| Notes: | recapitulate means to briefly summarize and repeat the main points; capitulate means to surrender under agreed conditions |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight |
| 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: | chicken out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back down |
| Synonyms: | avoid, back down, back out, bow out, cancel, chicken out*, cop out*, cop out, make concessions, pull out, recant, renege, resign, scratch, surrender, welsh, withdraw, yield, back pedal, beg off, beg off, blow it off, funk out, get cold feet, get cold feet, give up, give way, go back on, have no stomach for, shy from, throw in the towel, turn yellow, weasel out, wiggle out, wimp out, worm out, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acknowledge, give in |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, admit, allow, avow, award, bury the hatchet*, capitulate, cede, confess, cry uncle*, ditto*, fold, grant, hand over, knuckle under, let on, own, quit, relinquish, surrender, waive, yield, cave in, fess up, give up, go along with, go with the flow, own up, play ball with, say uncle, throw in the towel, yes one |
| Antonyms: | contradict, disagree, dispute, dissent, fight, refuse, reject, repudiate, disacknowledge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yielding, adjustment |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, allowance, assent, authorization, boon, compromise, confession, deal, grant, indulgence, permission, permit, privilege, surrender, warrant, buyback, copout, giveback, giving in, rollback, sellout, trade-off |
| Antonyms: | denial, difference, disagreement, disputation, fighting, protest, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | despair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up hope |
| Synonyms: | abandon, destroy, drop, flatten, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, take down, yield, be hopeless, despond, give way, have heavy heart, let air out, lose faith, lose heart |
| Antonyms: | anticipate, expect, hope, wish for, have faith |
| Main Entry: | extradite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send to another place by force |
| Synonyms: | abandon, apprehend, arrest, bring to justice, deliver, release, surrender, bring to trial, give up |
| Main Entry: | fall back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retreat |
| Synonyms: | back, draw back, recede, recoil, retire, retrograde, surrender, withdraw, yield, give back, retrocede |
| Antonyms: | forge, forward, progress |
| Main Entry: | forfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up something in sacrifice |
| Synonyms: | abandon, drop, lose, relinquish, renounce, sacrifice, surrender, be deprived of, be stripped of, give over |
| Antonyms: | gain, profit, win |
| Main Entry: | forgo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, do without |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, abstain, cede, desist, eschew, forbear, forsake, give in, pass, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resign, resist, sacrifice, surrender, waive, yield, go on the wagon, leave alone, leave out, pack in, pass on, pass up, sit out, swear off*, take the cure, take the oath |
| Antonyms: | continue, indulge, keep, use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forsake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, turn one's back on |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, cast off, change one's tune, desert, disclaim, disown, drift away, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, jettison, jilt, kiss goodbye, leave, leave flat, leave high and dry, quit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, run out on, set aside, show the door, spurn, surrender, take the oath, throw over*, walk out on*, wash one's hands of, yield |
| Antonyms: | go back, rediscover, return, revert |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | give in/give up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit defeat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back down*, bail out*, bow out*, buckle under, capitulate, cave in*, cease, cede, chicken out*, collapse, comply, concede, cry uncle*, cut out, desist, despair, drop, drop like a hot potato, fold, forswear, hand over, leave off, pull out, quit, relinquish, resign, stop, submit, surrender, take the oath, throw in the towel, waive, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
| Antonyms: | fight, hold out, stand up to, withstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go under |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, submerge |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, default, die, drown, fall, fold, founder, go down, sink, submit, succumb, suffocate, surrender, submerse |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, allow |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accord, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree to, allocate, allot, assign, assume, avow, award, bestow, bless, cede, come across, come through, concede, confer, convey, donate, drop, give, give in, impart, invest, own, permit, present, profess, relinquish, stake, suppose, surrender, transfer, transmit, vouchsafe, yield, come around, consent to, gift with, give out, give the nod, give thumbs-up, go along with, own up, shake on, sign off on, sign on* |
| Antonyms: | condemn, deny, refuse, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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