Gain and Surrender

Gain

Gain verb - To receive as return for effort.
Usage example: gained her affections with his boyishly shy manner

Surrender is an antonym for gain in acquire topic.

Nearby Words: gained, gaining, gainful, gainer

Surrender

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

Gain is an antonym for surrender.

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

soul gain soul surrender soul
power gain power surrender power
control gain control surrender control
hand gain hand surrender hand
Other words: way, throne, independence, freedom, powers, weapons.

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.
  • Useful Notes / The Papal States 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.
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