accede
Consent under pressure
Accede means to agree or give consent, often after initial reluctance: The company finally acceded to the union's demands.
It suggests yielding to pressure or authority rather than enthusiastic agreement.
Accede also means to assume an office or position, especially a throne: Elizabeth acceded to the throne in 1952.
The word is formal and appears mainly in written contexts.
Formal expression of approval
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- agreeHold the same view
- concurAgree with another
- approveFormally accept or authorize
accept · acquiesce · endorse · ratify · affirm · acknowledge · sanction · subscribe
Produce or relinquish
- complyFollow rules or requests
- submitPresent for consideration
- deferDelay or submit
- capitulateYield under pressure
surrender · succumb · relent · bow · bend · give in · cave · acquiescence
Following in order
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
crowning · installation · heir · dynasty · monarchy · sovereignty · throne · crown
assent
Formal expression of approval
approve · accept · acquiesce · endorse · ratify · affirm · acknowledge · sanction · subscribe · embrace
yield
Produce or relinquish
capitulate · surrender · succumb · relent · bow · bend · give in · cave · acquiescence · deference
succession
Following in order
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
investiture · crowning · installation · heir · dynasty · monarchy · sovereignty · throne · crown · royalty
- Accept synonymswelcome, embrace, adopt, acknowledge, admit
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- approvalapprove, approval rating, agree, accept, thumbs-up
- deferencedeference, bow, curtsy, genuflect, kneeling
- accessibility servicesSupport for disabled individuals
- access deniedEntry permission withheld
- free accessEntry without charge
- beachfront accessEntry to coastal area
- access codeCredential for entry
- easy access
access, accessible, accession, accessibility, acceding, acceded, accedes