ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a
retreat; draw in one's horns &c (humility) 879; give way, give round, give in, give up;
cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel
back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under.
eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at
one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow
the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres [Fr.], gulp down.
obey &c 743; kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to; bend the neck,
bend the knee; kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow.
pocket the affront; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; grin and abide, grin
and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself; submit with a good grace &c (bear with)
826.
Adj. surrendering &c v.; submissive, resigned, crouching; downtrodden; down on one's
marrow bones; on one's bended knee; unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting; pliant &c
(soft) 324; undefended.
untenable, indefensible; humble &c 879.
Phr. have it your own way; it can't be helped; amen &c (assent) 488; da locum
melioribus [Lat.]; tempori parendum [Lat.].
726. Combatant -- N. combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant,
belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival † ; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin;
mosstrooper † , swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough.
prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler; fightingcock,
game-cock; warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent † ;
campaigner, veteran; swordsman, sabreur † , redcoat, military man, Rajput.
armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth † , the army, standing army,
regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible † ;
auxiliary, bersagliere † , brave; garde-nationale, garde-royale [Fr.]; minuteman [U.S.];
auxiliary forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus [Lat.], national guard,
gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard, life guards, household
troops.
janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee † , spahi † , Cossack, Croat, Pandoz.
irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere † ; franctireur [Fr.], tirailleur † , bashi-bazouk;
[guerilla organization names: list], vietminh, vietcong; shining path; contras; huk,
hukbalahap.
mercenary, soldier of fortune; hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger; bushwhacker, free
lance, companion; Hessian.
hit man torpedo, soldier.
levy, draught; Landwehr [G.], Landsturm [G.]; conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies.
infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins † , rank and
file, peon, trooper, sepoy † , legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder;
officer &c (commander) 745; subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman † ;
spear bearer; halberdier † , lancer; musketeer, carabineer † , rifleman, jager [G.],
sharpshooter, yager † , skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer † ; archer, bowman.