Submission
Nouns
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submission, yielding
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nonresistance
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obedience etc. Obedience. surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation
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backdown. obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration.
Verbs
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succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to. lay down one's arms, deliver up one's arms
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lower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors. surrender, surrender at discretion
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cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat
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draw in one's horns etc. (humility) Humility
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give way, give round, give in, give up
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cave in
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suffer judgment by default
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bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm
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reel back
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bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under
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knock under. eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie
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bite the dust, lick the dust
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be at one's feet, fall at one's feet
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craven
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crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of
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swallow the leek, swallow the pill
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kiss the rod
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turn the other cheek
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gulp down. obey etc. Obedience
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kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to
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bend the neck, bend the knee
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kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow. pocket the affront
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make the best of, make a virtue of necessity
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grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself
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submit with a good grace etc. (bear with) [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability.
Adjectives
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surrendering etc. v.
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submissive, resigned, crouching
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downtrodden
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down on one's marrow bones
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on one's bended knee
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unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting
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pliant etc. (soft) Softness
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undefended. untenable, indefensible
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humble etc. Humility.
Phrases
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have it your own way
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it can't be helped
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amen etc. (assent) Assent