Surrender and Taking part

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

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Taking part is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

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Surrender is an antonym for taking part in topics: engross, go up against in contest.

Also references to the IKS QarchetvI', a Negh'Var taking part in the attack on the Terran base, leaving the USS Hamburg for dead and nearly blowing up the Hammond even after Eleya tried to surrender.

Source: Fanfic / The Wrong Reflection
When a food fight breaks out at the United Nations School in The Critic, a stray food projectile accidentally hits the French table, and the french kids immediately surrender, despite not even taking part in the fight.

Source: Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys aka: Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey
To elaborate: Not taking part in Ten-Go led to Yamato being captured when US Marines secured Kure, leading to General MacArthur deciding to keep her as a war trophy and to hold the surrender ceremony on her deck as a further humiliation to the Japanese.

Source: Fan Fic / Eternity

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