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[ noun ] a verbal act of admitting defeat

Synonyms

surrender yielding

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

He emphasized to the Presiding_Elder the plan of giving_up the old church and moving across the river .

Related terms

relinquishment surrender

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[ noun ] the act of forsaking

Synonyms

forsaking

Related terms

renunciation abandon

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