Related Words for admit defeat

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surrender
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Noun, Noun
capitulation
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Noun
give up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
conceding
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Verb
admitting
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Verb
giving up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
capitulated
x/xxx
Verb
defeated
x/x
Verb
gave up
//
Phrase, Verb
admit of
x//
Phrase
relinquishment
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Noun
lose heart
//
Phrase, Verb
succumbs
x/
Verb
defeatist
x/x
Adjective
dejectedly
x/xx
Adverb
give in
/x
Phrase, Verb
disheartened
x/x
Verb
lose out
//
Phrase, Verb
apologize
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Verb
resignation
xx/x
Noun
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
forfeit
/x
Verb
acceptance
x/x
Noun
apologise
x/xx
Verb
apology
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Noun
back down
//
Phrase, Verb
failure
/x
Noun
lose face
//
Phrase, Verb
demoralized
x/xx
Adjective
resigning
x/x
Verb
losing
/x
Verb
ceding
/x
Verb
abdicate
/xx
Verb
disappoint
xx/
Verb
wimp out
//
Phrase, Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
let down
//
Phrase, Verb
retreat
x/
Noun
embarrassing
x/xx
Adjective
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
helplessness
/xx
Noun
regretfully
x/xx
Adverb
apologetic
xxx/x
Adjective
abandons
x/x
Verb
weakness
/x
Noun
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
settle for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
apologising
x/xxx
Verb
confessing
x/x
Verb
weakling
/x
Noun
decline
x/
Noun
lost cause
//
Phrase, Noun
vanquished
/x
Verb
a
x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
abort
x/
Verb, Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absorb
x/
Verb
abstracted
/xx
Adjective
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
accommodate
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Verb, Adjective
acknowledgement
x/xx
Noun
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
admission
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Noun
adopt
x/
Verb
affirm
x/
Verb
aggravating
/xxx
Adjective
agree
x/
Verb
aid
/
Noun, Verb
alert
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
allow
x/
Verb
amateurish
/xxx
Adjective
american
x/xx
Name, Adjective
amoral
x/x
Adjective
ancients
/x
Noun
annihilate
x/xx
Verb
annul
/x
Verb
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
anticompetitive
xxx/xx
Adjective
apathy
/xx
Noun
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
approve
x/
Verb
assume
x/
Verb
athenian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
authorise
xxx
Verb
authorize
/xx
Verb
autism
/xx
Noun
auxiliary
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
avow
x/
Verb, Noun
backfire
/x
Verb, Noun
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bow
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
buy
/
Verb, Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
checkmate
/x
Noun, Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
communicating
x/xxx
Adjective
compelling
x/x
Adjective, Noun
condone
x/
Verb
confederated
x/xxx
Name, Adjective, Verb
conquer
/x
Verb
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
contravene
/xx
Verb
controllable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
correction
x/x
Noun
countenance
/xx
Noun, Verb
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
crackdown
/x
Noun
crush
/
Verb, Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
deactivate
x/xx
Verb
debacle
x/x
Noun
declare
x/
Verb
defection
x/x
Noun
defy
x/
Verb, Noun
demolish
x/x
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
deprive
x/
Verb
derail
x/
Verb, Noun
destroy
x/
Verb
destruction
x/x
Noun
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
disaster
x/x
Noun
discipline
/xx
Noun, Verb
discomfiture
x/xx
Noun
dismantle
x/x
Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
dispel
x/
Verb, Noun
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
disprove
x/
Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
enrol
/x
Verb
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
entertain
xx/
Verb, Noun
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
exclude
x/
Verb
expel
x/
Verb
expire
x/
Verb
external
x/x
Adjective, Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fiasco
x/x
Noun
fight
/
Verb, Noun
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foil
/
Noun, Verb
frustrate
/x
Verb, Adjective
frustration
x/x
Noun
get over
//x
Phrase, Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
grant
/
Noun, Verb
greet
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
guilt
/
Noun, Verb
guilty
/x
Adjective, Noun
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
honest
/x
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
host
/
Noun, Verb
how
/
Adverb, Noun
humiliation
xxx/x
Noun
identify
x/xx
Verb
impede
x/
Verb
include
x/
Verb, Noun
incorporate
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Verb, Adjective
initiate
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
intake
/x
Noun, Verb
invalidation
xxx/x
Noun
involve
x/
Verb
islam
x/
Name
keep out
//
Phrase, Verb
kill
/
Verb, Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
learn
/
Verb, Noun
let in
/x
Phrase, Verb
licking
/x
Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
loser
/x
Noun
lurch
/
Noun, Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
murder
/x
Noun, Verb
neutralise
/xx
Verb
neutralization
xxx/x
Noun
neutralize
/xx
Verb
nose
/
Noun, Verb
note
/
Noun, Verb
nullify
/xx
Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
oppression
x/x
Noun
outdo
x/
Verb
outsmart
/x
Verb
outwit
/x
Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb, Noun
overpower
xx/x
Verb
override
/xx
Verb, Noun