Give up
Give up verb - To yield to the control or power of enemy forces.
Usage example: with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up
Submit
Submit verb - To yield to the control or power of enemy forces.
Usage example: the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way
Give up is a synonym for submit in retire topic. You can use "Give up" instead a verb "Submit", if it concerns topics such as give in, capitulate.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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You Can't Fight Fate: King mogeko taunts Yonaka and Defect Mogeko by claiming they can't escape the castle no matter how hard they try, and should just give up and submit already.
Source: Video Game / Mogeko Castle -
In Electra, the main character is told by every character but Orestes to give up her mourning, to behave meekly and submit to the will of stronger people because she is only digging a deeper grave for herself.
Source: Know When to Fold 'Em - In Electra, the main character will not give up mourning her father until he's avenged, will not act like a woman and accept her place, and will not submit to her stepfather Aegisthus' and Clytemnestra's abuse.
Source: Determinator / Theater
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