BY DEFAULT

Submission

Surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns; (humility); give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under.

Crosswords: BY DEFAULT

Books

• Abortion Pro Life by Conviction Pro Choice by Default (Item No. Hb673) (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Civil Liberties

Greece

The community complained that this forces the parents to have their children attend Orthodox religious instruction by default. (references)

Economic History

Gabon

When the BDG appeared likely to win the election by default, the Gabonese military toppled M'Ba in a bloodless coup on February 18, 1964. French troops re-established his government the next day. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "BY DEFAULT": judgement by default ♦ judgment by default ♦ lose by default ♦ win a game by default ♦ win by default. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

задочна присъда (judgment by default). (various references)

Czech

vyhrát kontumaènì (win by default), prohrát kontumaènì (lose by default). (various references)

Danish

udeblivelsesdom (judgment by default, judgment given by default). (various references)

Dutch

bij verstek gewezen vonnis (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), bij contumacie veroordelen (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), vonnis bij verstek (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), verstekvonnis (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), veroordeling bij verstek (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), in staat van faillissement verklaard zijn zonder gehoord te zijn (bankruptcy judgement rendered by default), contumaciele veroordeling (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), arrest bij verstek (judgment by default, judgment given by default). (various references)

Finnish

yksipuolisen tuomion antaminen (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), yksipuolinen tuomio (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), tuomitseminen poissaolevana (sentence by default, sentence in absentia). (various references)

French

par défaut. (various references)

German

Verurteilung in Abwesenheit (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), Versäumnisurteil (judgment by default, judgment given by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), Kontumazurteil (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), als Versäumnisurteil ergangene Konkursentscheidung (bankruptcy judgement rendered by default), Abwesenheitsurteil (sentence by default, sentence in absentia). (various references)

Greek 

ερήμην (in absentia, in absentio). (various references)

Hungarian

mulasztási ítélet (judgement by default, judgement in default), makacssági ítélet (judgement by default, judgement in default), elmakacsolás (judgement by default, judgement in default). (various references)

Italian

sentenza pronunziata in contumacia (judgment by default, judgment given by default), sentenza in contumacia (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), sentenza di fallimento pronunciata in contumacia (bankruptcy judgement rendered by default), sentenza contumaciale (judgment by default, judgment given by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), condanna in contumacia (sentence by default, sentence in absentia). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� 席裁判 (judgment by default, trial in absentia). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

けっせきさいば�" (judgment by default, trial in absentia). (various references)

Pig Latin

ybay efaultday.(various references)

Portuguese

revelia (default), declaração de contumácia (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy, proceedings conducted in contumacy or in the absence of the defendant), condenação em contumácia (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), condenação � revelia (sentence by default, sentence in absentia), acórdão proferido � revelia (judgment by default, judgment given by default). (various references)

Romanian

judecare în lipsã (judgement by default). (various references)

Russian 

по умолчанию. (various references)

Spanish

por omisión (default), por defecto. (various references)

Swedish

vinna en match på walkover (win a game by default), tredskodom (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), kontumaciedom (judgment by default, judgment in absence, judgment in contumacy), dom mot den som uteblivit (sentence by default, sentence in absentia). (various references)

Turkish

gıyabi hüküm (judgement by default, judgment by default), gıyabında yargılama (judgement by default, judgment by default). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: abluted, default, faulted, flatbed.

-3 letters: beauty, belady, belaud, butled, daftly, deafly, deftly, dyable, fabled, faulty, fealty, featly, feudal, flayed, fluted, flutey, flyted, tabled, tabued.

-4 letters: adult, badly, baldy, baled, bated, bayed, beady, beaut, belay, blade, blate, bleat, blued, bluet, bluey, butle, butyl, daube, dauby, dealt, debut, defat, delay, delft, delta, fable, fated, fatly.

+4 letters: refundability.