Engagement and Surrender

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Engagement noun - The act or state of being engaged to be married.

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Surrender is an antonym for engagement in topics: meeting, battle, pledge to marry.

Nearby Words: engage, engaged, engaging

Surrender noun - The usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another.

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Engagement is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

complete	complete engagement	complete surrender
instant	instant engagement	instant surrender
entire	entire engagement	entire surrender
serious	serious engagement	serious surrender
Other adjectives: false, famous, possible, final, imminent, last, prior, sudden, real-life.

The fall of Petersburg caused the Confederacy to realize that their capital of Richmond would soon fall as well, which eventually lead the engagement at the Appomattox Court House and General Lee's surrender to Grant.

Source: Shocking Defeat Legacy

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