What is another word for sur-render?
Pronunciation:
[ sˈɜːɹˈɛndə], [ sˈɜːɹˈɛndə], [ s_ˈɜː_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_d_ə]
Synonyms for Sur-render:
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n.
• abdication • abnegation- abstinence ,
- eschewal ,
- forbearance ,
- giving up ,
- nixing ,
- refusal ,
- rejection ,
- sacrifice ,
- self-denial ,
- stonewall ,
- temperance .
- acknowledgment ,
- admission ,
- allowance ,
- assent ,
- authorization ,
- boon ,
- buyback ,
- compromise ,
- confession ,
- copout ,
- deal ,
- giveback ,
- giving in ,
- indulgence ,
- permission ,
- permit ,
- privilege ,
- rollback ,
- sellout ,
- trade-off ,
- warrant .
- Freighting ,
- Impartment ,
- Intrusting ,
- carting ,
- commitment ,
- consignment ,
- conveyance ,
- dispatch ,
- distribution ,
- giving over ,
- handing over ,
- mailing ,
- parcel post ,
- portage ,
- post ,
- rendition ,
- shipment ,
- transmission .
- abasement ,
- breakdown ,
- collapse ,
- death ,
- degradation ,
- destruction ,
- diminution ,
- disaster ,
- dive ,
- downfall ,
- failure ,
- humiliation ,
- loss ,
- ruin ,
- tumble .
- Spurning ,
- abjuration ,
- abnegation ,
- abstention ,
- cancellation ,
- denial ,
- disavowal ,
- disclaimer ,
- eschewing ,
- forbearing ,
- forswearing ,
- rebuff ,
- remission ,
- renouncement ,
- repeal ,
- repudiation ,
- self-abnegation ,
- self-sacrifice ,
- veto ,
- waiver .
- Recreancy ,
- Submitting ,
- backing down ,
- cringing ,
- defeatism ,
- deference ,
- docility ,
- humbleness ,
- humility ,
- malleability ,
- meekness ,
- nonresistance ,
- obedience ,
- passivism ,
- passivity ,
- pliabilty ,
- prostration ,
- servility ,
- subjection ,
- submissiveness ,
- tractability ,
- unassertiveness .
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v.
• abandon- abdicate ,
- back out ,
- bail out ,
- bow out ,
- chicken out ,
- cop out ,
- cut loose ,
- desert ,
- discard ,
- discontinue ,
- ditch ,
- drop ,
- drop out ,
- duck ,
- dump ,
- dust ,
- flake out ,
- fly the coop ,
- give up the ship ,
- kiss goodbye ,
- leg it ,
- opt out ,
- pull out ,
- run out on ,
- screw ,
- ship out ,
- stop ,
- storm out ,
- surrender ,
- take a powder ,
- take a walk ,
- throw over ,
- vacate ,
- walk out on ,
- wash hands of ,
- withdraw .
- Demit ,
- abjure ,
- abnegate ,
- bag it ,
- forgo ,
- give up ,
- leave high and dry ,
- leave holding the bag ,
- leave in the lurch ,
- quitclaim ,
- resign ,
- retire ,
- sell out ,
- step down .
- accede ,
- acquiesce ,
- admit ,
- back off ,
- back pedal ,
- backtrack ,
- balk ,
- beg off ,
- cancel ,
- demur ,
- give ground ,
- go back on ,
- have no fight left ,
- hold back ,
- pull back ,
- recant ,
- recoil ,
- renege ,
- retreat ,
- take back ,
- wimp out ,
- withdraw from agreement or statement .
- avoid ,
- back down ,
- blow it off ,
- get cold feet ,
- scratch ,
- shy from ,
- weasel out ,
- welsh ,
- wiggle out ,
- worm out .
- accord ,
- allow ,
- avow ,
- award ,
- bury the hatchet ,
- confess ,
- ditto ,
- fess up ,
- go with the flow ,
- grant ,
- let on ,
- own ,
- own up ,
- play ball with ,
- say uncle ,
- yes one .
- address ,
- allot ,
- apply ,
- apportion ,
- appropriate ,
- assign ,
- devote ,
- give ,
- give over to ,
- inscribe ,
- offer ,
- pledge ,
- restrict .
- be hopeless ,
- despond ,
- destroy ,
- flatten ,
- have heavy heart ,
- let air out ,
- lose faith ,
- lose heart ,
- take down .
- abstain ,
- desist ,
- eschew ,
- forbear ,
- forsake ,
- go on the wagon ,
- leave alone ,
- leave out ,
- pack in ,
- pass ,
- pass on ,
- pass up ,
- refrain ,
- resist ,
- sit out ,
- swear off ,
- take the cure ,
- take the oath .
- cast off ,
- change one's tune ,
- disclaim ,
- disown ,
- drift away ,
- forswear ,
- have done with ,
- jettison ,
- jilt ,
- leave flat ,
- repudiate ,
- set aside ,
- show the door ,
- spurn ,
- wash one's hands of .
- bow to ,
- break ,
- contract ,
- crumble ,
- crumple ,
- fail ,
- flex ,
- fold up ,
- go ,
- lend ,
- open ,
- relax ,
- sag ,
- shrink ,
- sink ,
- slacken ,
- weaken .
- acknowledge ,
- agree to ,
- allocate ,
- assume ,
- bestow ,
- bless ,
- come around ,
- come through ,
- confer ,
- consent to ,
- convey ,
- donate ,
- gift with ,
- give the nod ,
- give thumbs-up ,
- impart ,
- invest ,
- present ,
- profess ,
- shake on ,
- sign off on ,
- sign on ,
- stake ,
- suppose ,
- transmit ,
- vouchsafe .
- be careless ,
- be impoverished ,
- be reduced ,
- become poorer ,
- bereave ,
- consume ,
- deplete ,
- disinherit ,
- displace ,
- dispossess ,
- dissipate ,
- divest ,
- drain ,
- exhaust ,
- expend ,
- fail to keep ,
- fall short ,
- forfeit ,
- forget ,
- lavish ,
- misplace ,
- miss ,
- misspend ,
- oust ,
- rob ,
- squander ,
- suffer ,
- suffer loss ,
- use up ,
- waste .
- abide by ,
- act upon ,
- adhere to ,
- agree ,
- answer ,
- be loyal to ,
- be ruled by ,
- carry out ,
- concur ,
- discharge ,
- do as one says ,
- do one's bidding ,
- do one's duty ,
- do what is expected ,
- do what one is told ,
- embrace ,
- execute ,
- follow ,
- fulfill ,
- get in line ,
- heed ,
- hold fast ,
- keep ,
- live by ,
- mind ,
- observe ,
- perform ,
- play second fiddle ,
- respond ,
- serve ,
- take orders ,
- toe the line .
- abase ,
- bow down ,
- cast before ,
- cringe ,
- fall at feet ,
- grovel ,
- kneel ,
- obey .
- blow ,
- book ,
- check out ,
- decamp ,
- depart ,
- exit ,
- get off ,
- go away from ,
- hang it up ,
- leave hanging ,
- push off ,
- take off .
- Unfetter ,
- Unshackle ,
- absolve ,
- acquit ,
- cast loose ,
- clear ,
- commute ,
- disengage ,
- emancipate ,
- exculpate ,
- excuse ,
- exempt ,
- exonerate ,
- extricate ,
- free ,
- give off ,
- go easy on ,
- issue ,
- leak ,
- let off ,
- let off steam ,
- let up on ,
- liberate ,
- loose ,
- loosen ,
- manumit ,
- open up ,
- set at large ,
- set free ,
- set loose ,
- spring ,
- take out ,
- turn loose ,
- turn out ,
- unbind ,
- unchain ,
- undo ,
- unfasten ,
- unleash ,
- unloose ,
- untie ,
- vent ,
- wipe slate clean .
- cast ,
- drop like hot potato ,
- kick ,
- kiss good-bye ,
- lay aside ,
- quit cold turkey ,
- retire from ,
- shed ,
- stand down ,
- take the pledge .
- distribute ,
- exchange ,
- furnish ,
- make available ,
- make restitution ,
- minister ,
- pay ,
- pay back ,
- repay ,
- restore ,
- return ,
- show ,
- swap ,
- tender ,
- trade .
- cease work ,
- divorce oneself from ,
- end service ,
- hand in resignation ,
- secede ,
- separate oneself from ,
- sign off ,
- stand aside ,
- walk out .
- absent oneself ,
- deny oneself ,
- ebb ,
- fall back ,
- get away ,
- give up work ,
- go away ,
- go to bed ,
- go to one's room ,
- go to sleep ,
- hit the sack ,
- leave service ,
- make vacant ,
- part ,
- regress ,
- remove ,
- rescind ,
- revoke ,
- run along ,
- rusticate ,
- seclude oneself ,
- separate ,
- sever connections ,
- stop working ,
- turn in .
- beguile ,
- break faith ,
- bunk ,
- cross ,
- deceive ,
- delude ,
- disappoint ,
- double-cross ,
- four-flush ,
- give away ,
- mislead ,
- play false ,
- rat on ,
- sell down the river ,
- stab in the back ,
- take in ,
- violate .
- abide ,
- appease ,
- be submissive ,
- buckle ,
- grin and bear it ,
- humor ,
- indulge ,
- lay down arms ,
- put up with ,
- resign oneself ,
- stoop ,
- tolerate ,
- truckle ,
- withstand .
- abandon ,
- buckle under ,
- capitulate ,
- cave in ,
- cede ,
- commit ,
- concede ,
- consign ,
- cry uncle ,
- deliver up ,
- eat crow ,
- eat humble pie ,
- entrust ,
- fall ,
- fold ,
- forego ,
- give in ,
- go along with ,
- go down ,
- go under ,
- hand over ,
- knuckle ,
- knuckle under ,
- leave ,
- let go ,
- pack it in ,
- part with ,
- play dead ,
- put up white flag ,
- quit ,
- relinquish ,
- renounce ,
- roll over ,
- submit ,
- succumb ,
- throw in the towel ,
- toss it in ,
- waive ,
- yield .
How to use "Sur-render" in context?
The English word "surrender" has a sense of giving up with a sincere promise to do better in the future. It comes from Old French "sacreintier", from sacer, meaning "sacred" or "holy" and intier, meaning "complete". The word surrender is usually used as a military term to describe when one group of soldiers give up their weapons and surrender to the other group.
In general, surrendering is a polite term to use when trying to get someone to stop doing something that you don't want them to do.
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