surrender (noun)

  • 61hemoglobin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, short for earlier hematoglobulin Date: 1869 1. an iron containing respiratory pigment of vertebrate red blood cells that consists of a globin composed of four subunits each of which is linked… …

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  • 62rendition — noun Etymology: obsolete French, from Middle French, alteration of reddition, from Late Latin reddition , redditio, from Latin reddere to return Date: 1601 the act or result of rendering: as a. surrender b. translation c. performance,… …

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  • 63requisition — noun Etymology: Middle English requisicion, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French requisition, from Medieval Latin requisition , requisitio, from Latin, act of searching, from requirere Date: 15th century 1. a. the act of formally… …

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  • 64resignation — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. an act or instance of resigning something ; surrender b. a formal notification of resigning 2. the quality or state of being resigned ; submissiveness …

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  • 65self-abandonment — noun Date: 1809 1. a lack of self restraint 2. a surrender of one s selfish interests or desires …

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  • 66siege — noun Etymology: Middle English sege, from Anglo French, seat, blockade, from Old French *siegier to seat, settle, from Vulgar Latin *sedicare, from Latin sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 13th century 1. obsolete a seat of distinction ; throne 2. a …

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  • 67uncle — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin avunculus mother s brother; akin to Old English ēam uncle, Welsh ewythr, Latin avus grandfather Date: 14th century 1. a. the brother of one s father or mother b. the husband of one s… …

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  • 68white flag — noun Date: 1555 1. a flag of plain white used as a flag of truce or as a token of surrender 2. a token of weakness or yielding …

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  • 69white flag — noun A flag with a white color, often used as a symbol of surrender …

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  • 70Uncle Joe — noun . Of course, its just the thing for the Russians. They couldnt want anything better. Unconditional surrender, he repeated, thoughtfully sucking a tooth. Uncle Joe might have made it up himself …

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