Giving up
Giving up noun - A verbal act of admitting defeat.
Submission and giving up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Submission" instead a noun "Giving up".
Submission
Submission noun - A bending to the authority or control of another.
Giving up and submission are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Giving up" instead a noun "Submission".
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- In more hardcore Dominance and Submission, the kink can be about very deep submission and the giving up of nearly all freedom, the submissive wishing to please their Dominant to levels that risk personal harm.
Source: Safe, Sane and Consensual -
Sink-or-Swim Mentor: Apparently, Sakura and Misaki's problems were the same (giving up too early), so Misaki/Jackal had to put Sakura/Misaki into a submission hold and not take 'Give Up' for an answer; if Sakura/Misaki didn't make a rope break, they were going to leave with broken bones.
- It is this willful submission that underlies all healthy D/s relationships, and in return for this giving up of control to another person, that person, the Dominant, takes responsibility for the restriction, freedom, pain and pleasure of the submissive.
Source: Safe, Sane and Consensual
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