Accept defeat
Give up and accept defeat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Give up" instead a verb phrase "Accept defeat".
Give up
Give up verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Accept defeat and give up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accept defeat" instead a verb "Give up".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- abandon and accept defeat
- abandon and give up
- submit and accept defeat
- submit and give up
- yield and accept defeat
- yield and give up
- concede and accept defeat
- concede and give up
- give in and accept defeat
- give in and give up
- cancel and accept defeat
- cancel and give up
- withdraw and accept defeat
- withdraw and give up
Both terms in one sentence
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In the losing path if captured after failing to destroy Kilrah, the player is given the option for Blair to either give up and meekly accept defeat or to tell Thrakhath "screw you".
Source: Defiant to the End - Frieza learns this the hard way when his complete inability to give up, accept defeat, and swallow his pride not only leads to his downfall on Namek, but also his death.
Source: Reality Ensues / Anime and Manga - In the losing path if captured after failing to destroy Kilrah, the player is given the option for Blair to either give up and meekly accept defeat or to basically tell Thrakhath "screw you".
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Give up and Accept defeat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept_defeat/give_up
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