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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:	abandon
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	leave behind, relinquish
Synonyms:	abdicate, back out, bail out, bow out, chicken out, cop out, cut loose, desert, discard, discontinue, ditch, drop, drop out, duck, dump, dust, leave, opt out, pull out, quit, screw, stop, surrender, throw over*, vacate, walk out on, withdraw, yield, flake out, fly the coop, give up the ship, kiss goodbye, leg it, let go, run out on, ship out, storm out, take a powder, take a walk, wash hands of
Antonyms:	cherish, defend, keep, pursue, retain, support

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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

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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:	bow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	submit, concede
Synonyms:	accept, acquiesce, bend, capitulate, cave, comply, defer, give in, knuckle under, kowtow, relent, succumb, surrender, yield, be servile, knuckle
Antonyms:	defend, fight, overpower

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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:	dedicate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	donate, set aside for special use
Synonyms:	address, allot, apply, apportion, appropriate, assign, commit, consign, devote, give, inscribe, offer, pledge, restrict, surrender, give over to
Antonyms:	misapply, misuse, steal, take

Main Entry:	deliver
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	relinquish possession
Synonyms:	abandon, cede, commit, grant, hand over, resign, surrender, transfer, turn over, yield, give up, let go
Antonyms:	capture, limit, restrain, restrict

Main Entry:	delivery
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	transfer, transmittal
Synonyms:	commitment, consignment, conveyance, dispatch, distribution, drop, mailing, post, rendition, shipment, surrender, transmission, carting, freighting, giving over, handing over, impartment, intrusting, parcel post, portage
Antonyms:	hold, keeping, retention

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
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	defeat, overthrow
Synonyms:	abasement, breakdown, capitulation, collapse, death, degradation, destruction, diminution, disaster, dive, downfall, drop, failure, humiliation, loss, resignation, ruin, surrender, tumble

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

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