Gain
Gain verb - To receive as return for effort.
Usage example: gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner
Surrender
Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
How words are described
| fast | fast gain | fast surrender |
| true | true gain | true surrender |
| great | great gain | great surrender |
| evil | evil gain | evil surrender |
| Other adjectives: early, permanent, immediate, possible, apparent, few, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Usually an Enforced Trope, as giving the player the ability to surrender to the enemies at any time and have them haul him off to a jail cell would be, most of the time, too much work for too little gain.
Source: Simultaneous Warning And Action -
On the surrender of the Duchy of Milan to Maximilian Sforza, Julius II made a still further gain for the States of the Church, since Parma and Piacenza were taken from the duchy and incorporated in the States of the Church.
Source: Useful Notes / The Papal States
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