Excuse and Surrender

Excuse

Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.

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Surrender and excuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surrender" instead a verb "Excuse".

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Excuse and surrender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a verb "Surrender".

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

stupid	stupid excuse	stupid surrender
great	great excuse	great surrender
evil	evil excuse	evil surrender
quick	quick excuse	quick surrender
Other adjectives: possible, official, last.

excuse moment

surrender moment

The leader of the rival army, far from having a convenient excuse to raze Ankh-Morpork to the ground over Leshp, ends up looking like a complete fool for accepting Vetinari's surrender.

Source: I Surrender, Suckers
Loophole Abuse: Sul-Kat-Na, the leader of the Lizalfos troops, uses the fact that Ganon never gave the order to not surrender as an excuse to accept Twilight's offer to do so.

Source: Fan Fic / The Equestrian Wind Mage
Daxter: Ahh, excuse me sir, don't you mean surrender OR die?

Source: Kick The Dog / Video Games

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