8
surrender(noun, notice, yielding, departure, rejection)
6
yielding(noun, surrender, rebuff, rejection, denial)
4
forfeiture(noun, abandonment, renunciation, penalty, quitclaim)
4
relinquishment(noun, surrender, yielding, rejection, denial)
4
renunciation(noun, notice, surrender, yielding, departure)
4
resignation(noun, notice, surrender, yielding, rejection)
4
sacrifice(noun, surrender, rebuff, yielding, rejection)
3
capitulation(noun, surrender, giving, submission, renunciation)
3
forsaking
3
self-denial(noun, surrender, rebuff, yielding, rejection)
2
abnegation(noun, denial, renouncement)
2
dispensation
2
retreat(surrender, submission)
2
surrendering(verb, giving)
2
throwing in the towel(verb, giving, surrendering)
1
abandonment(noun, notice, surrender, yielding, departure)
1
abdication(notice, surrender, rebuff, yielding, departure)
1
abjuration
1
abstemiousness
1
abstention
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