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Re:Scissor Statements: Sort by Controversial by naniwaduni on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:49PM (#21194246)
Capitulation is not avoiding a power struggle. It is an outcome.
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Re:Scissor Statements: Sort by Controversial by asdkfjasl on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:57PM (#21194325)
I meant it in this sense:

> Capitulate v. to surrender often after negotiation of terms

It is possible to surrender without a fight. In so doing, one avoids a power struggle, by yielding the ground the other side was demanding.

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