submission

Roget category 725

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

#725. Submission

noun

submission, yielding — nonresistance — obedience etc. 743.
surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation — backdown^†.
obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion^†, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration.

verb

succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to.
lay down one's arms, deliver up one's arms — lower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors.
surrender, surrender at discretion — cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat — draw in one's horns etc. (humility) 879 — give way, give round, give in, give up — cave in — suffer judgment by default — bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm — reel back — bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under — knock under.
eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie — bite the dust, lick the dust — be at one's feet, fall at one's feet — craven — crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of — swallow the leek, swallow the pill — kiss the rod — turn the other cheek — avaler les couleuvres [Fr.], gulp down.
obey etc. 743 — kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to — bend the neck, bend the knee — kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow.
pocket the affront — make the best of, make a virtue of necessity — grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself — submit with a good grace etc. (bear with) 826.

adjective

surrendering etc. v. — submissive, resigned, crouching — downtrodden — down on one's marrow bones — on one's bended knee — unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting — pliant etc. (soft) 324 — undefended.
untenable, indefensible — humble etc. 879.

phrase

have it your own way — it can't be helped — amen etc. (assent) 488 — da locum melioribus [Lat.] — tempori parendum [Lat.].

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