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- balky,
- contrary,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- disobedient,
- froward,
- incompliant,
- insubordinate,
- intractable,
- noncompliant,
- obstreperous,
- rebel,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- restive,
- unamenable,
- ungovernable,
- unruly,
- untoward,
- wayward,
- willful
- (or wilful)
surrendering
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of surrendering (Entry 2 of 3)
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surrendering
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of surrendering (Entry 3 of 3)
- the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle
- the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot
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- the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun
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- the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir
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- determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette
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- General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War
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- laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing
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“Surrendering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrendering. Accessed 21 Jan. 2022.
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