competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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surrender
verb
- To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: collapse, fall, go down, go under, topple. See
resist, win
- To let (something) go: abandon, cede, forgo, lay down, relinquish, yield. See
keep
- To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, waive, yield. See
keep
- To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse: abandon, give over, give up. See
resist
- To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength: bow
1, buckle, capitulate, submit, succumb, yield.
Informal: fold. See
resist
noun
- The act of submitting or surrendering to the power of another: capitulation, submission. See
resist, win
- The act of delivering or the condition of being delivered: delivery, transfer. See
give
- A giving up of a possession, claim, or right: abandonment, abdication, demission, quitclaim, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, waiver. See
keep
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