To many it would seem like an admission of defeat.

They say that to return would be an admission of defeat.

He was a gentleman, and would not go back on his admission of defeat.

To leave now, though, would be an intolerable admission of defeat.

A plea for medication is not an admission of defeat.

The idea is not to leave either side so locked into a position that any change feels like an admission of defeat.

And he dared not suggest going; for she would see in it an admission of defeat.

"That would be a gigantic admission of defeat," he said.

The use of force is, in a real sense, an admission of defeat.

Is exile a flight from responsibility, silence an admission of defeat?

The kind of job, he thought, that was simply an admission of defeat.

Cartland thought for a moment longer, then shook his head in an admission of defeat.

But the weakness in Herity's voice was an admission of defeat.

Starting this journal is something of an admission of defeat.

Confining bison to a park is an admission of defeat.

Microsoft's decision to return $32 billion to its shareholders may be a wise business move, but it is also an admission of defeat.

He must change his thinking, he acknowledged in what, for some, might have been considered an admission of defeat.

Alternatively, the government may decide not to put its motion to a vote, which would be an admission of defeat.

Analysts have interpreted this as an admission of defeat in the battle to control the money supply.

That sounds to me like an admission of defeat."

Scotty had taken that as an admission of defeat.

I thought briefly of suicide, but that would be an admission of defeat.

And he'd said: "They're a right sorry admission of defeat, them signs are.

He takes this as an admission of defeat.

An abrupt withdrawal was ruled out as too obvious an admission of defeat.