3
submission(noun, surrender, compliance, obedience, concession)
2
acquiescence(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
2
capitulation(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
2
compliance(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, despondency)
2
deference(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
2
diffidence(noun, lack, hesitancy)
2
meekness(noun, surrender, shame, doubt, reserve)
2
obedience(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
2
resignation(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
2
surrender(noun, yielding, despair, compliance, despondency)
1
appeasement(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
assent(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
backing down(noun, expression, surrender, yielding, despair)
1
bashfulness
1
bowing(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
cringing(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
defeatism(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
docility(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
giving in(noun, expression, surrender, yielding, despair)
1
humbleness(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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