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submission

Roget-categorie 725

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.4. Antagonism
›› 5.4.2. Active antagonism

#725. Submission

zelfstandig naamwoord

submission, yieldingnonresistanceobedience etc. 743.
surrender, cession, capitulation, resignationbackdown.
obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration.

werkwoord

succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to.
lay down one's arms, deliver up one's armslower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors.
surrender, surrender at discretioncede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreatdraw in one's horns etc. (humility) 879give way, give round, give in, give upcave insuffer judgment by defaultbend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the stormreel backbend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle underknock under.
eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble piebite the dust, lick the dustbe at one's feet, fall at one's feetcravencrouch before, throw oneself at the feet ofswallow the leek, swallow the pillkiss the rodturn the other cheekavaler les couleuvres [Fr.], gulp down.
obey etc. 743kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle tobend the neck, bend the knee kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow.
pocket the affrontmake the best of, make a virtue of necessitygrin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneselfsubmit with a good grace etc. (bear with) 826.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

surrendering etc. v. — submissive, resigned, crouchingdowntroddendown on one's marrow boneson one's bended kneeunresistant, unresisting, nonresistingpliant etc. (soft) 324undefended.
untenable, indefensiblehumble etc. 879.

uitdrukking

have it your own wayit can't be helpedamen etc. (assent) 488da locum melioribus [Lat.] tempori parendum [Lat.].

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