Acknowledging Failure Vocabulary

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• After realizing he could not win the argument, he had to admit defeat.
• She finally had to throw in the towel and admit defeat.
• He had to eat humble pie and admit defeat in the end.
• Sometimes you just have to wave the white flag and admit defeat.