降服 — meaning in English
kōfuku
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English meaning
- capitulation noun The act of stopping resistance and accepting the demands of an opponent.
- give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
- surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.
Senses
降服 is used for these senses in English:
- capitulation The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
- give up (transitive) To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
- surrender An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
- surrender The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
capitulation — full definition
- noun The act of stopping resistance and accepting the demands of an opponent.
- noun The formal surrender of an army, city or fortress, usually on agreed terms.
- noun A phase in which investors give up and sell heavily, driving prices sharply lower before a market bottoms out.
give up — full definition
- phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
- phrasal verb To stop doing or having something, especially a habit or pleasure.
- phrasal verb To hand something over, or to surrender yourself, to someone else.