Pursuit and Surrender

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Pursuit noun - The act of going after or in the tracks of another.

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Surrender is an antonym for pursuit in topics: chase, occupation.

Nearby Words: pursue, pursuer

Surrender noun - The usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another.

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Pursuit is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

full	full pursuit	full surrender
allied	allied pursuit	allied surrender
fast	fast pursuit	fast surrender
genuine	genuine pursuit	genuine surrender
Other adjectives: entire, serious, peaceful, immediate, final, inevitable.

The prospect of heavy casualties in this pursuit gives him pause and eventually makes him surrender.

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