Permission
Permission noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.
Surrender and permission are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surrender" instead a noun "Permission".
Surrender
Surrender noun - The usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another.
Permission and surrender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Permission" instead a noun "Surrender".
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
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Mussolini was lucid enough to grant them permission to surrender and when they did, the British singled them out for their valour and granted them the honours of war.
Source: Useful Notes / Fascist Italy - Rather than grant permission to surrender, Hitler promoted (by radio) a generous amount of officers to higher ranks to boost their morale, including the commander General Paulus to rank of Field Marshal (the highest military rank).
Source: Field Promotion
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