Control
Control noun - The fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal.
Usage example: took control of the process of selecting candidates for the scholarship
Surrendering is an antonym for control.
Surrendering
Both words in one sentence
- Despite her being able to control herself, surrendering, and not knowing the laws of vampires, the Volturi kill her even after the Cullens had volunteered to take her in.
Source: Kick The Dog / Literature - Blood Knight: Guzzle already enjoyed fighting a little too much, but since the events of Last Stand he's gotten worse; he shows incredible pleasure in violence and landed himself in trouble due to losing control and gunning down a group of surrendering Decepticons.
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Take Over the World: Cobra attempts to do this by bullying the United Nations into surrendering control of their countries.
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Surrendering and Control. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/control/surrendering
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