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The white flag is a strategy, not a defeat — sometimes letting go is the only way through.
means To give up control, resistance, or possession — whether yielding to a stronger force or releasing your grip on something by choice.
from From Old French 'surrendre,' literally 'to give back over' — 'sur-' (over) plus 'rendre' (to give, return), the same 'rendre' that gives us 'render.' So buried in the word is the act of handing something over completely, not just dropping it but delivering it into another's hands.
- white flag
- Used since the Han Dynasty, around 100 AD
- jiu-jitsu
- Tapping out trains more than refusing to ever
- addiction recovery
- Step one is admitting you're powerless
- surrender bias
- Trapped POWs sometimes outlive freed soldiers psychologically
- chess
- Resigning early is considered a courtesy to opponents
appomattox court house — general lee surrendered the confederate army to grant on april 9, 1865, effectively ending the american civil war
singapore to japan 1942 — british forces under general percival surrendered singapore to japanese general yamashita on february 15, 1942
france to nazi germany — french government signed the armistice surrendering to germany on june 22, 1940, after the fall of france