capitulate
Surrender on terms
To capitulate is to surrender or give in, especially after resistance.
The word often implies accepting terms imposed by an opponent: The company finally capitulated to union demands.
It can describe any yielding after holding out: She refused to capitulate to pressure from her family.
The noun is capitulation.
Stop attempting something
- give inCease resistance, concede
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- submitPresent for consideration
- lay down armsAgree to stop fighting
white flag · truce · armistice · cede · relinquish · abdicate · unconditional · wave the white flag
Submit without protest
- complyFollow rules or requests
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- relentCease resistance or severity
- deferDelay or submit
accede · assent · consent · agree · bend · accommodate · back down · cave in
Defeated completely
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- subduedReduced in intensity
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
crushed · bested · outmatched · conquered · fall · loss · succumb · bow
Cease resistance, yield
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
subordination · subservience · meekness · humility · docility · passivity · obedience · acceptance
give up
Stop attempting something
lay down arms · white flag · truce · armistice · cede · relinquish · abdicate · unconditional · wave the white flag · throw in the towel
acquiesce
Submit without protest
defer · accede · assent · consent · agree · bend · accommodate · back down · cave in · fold
vanquished
Defeated completely
overpowered · crushed · bested · outmatched · conquered · fall · loss · succumb · bow · kneel
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- complianceAdhering to requirements
acquiescence · subordination · subservience · meekness · humility · docility · passivity · obedience · acceptance
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, give up
- quittingquit, resign, resignation, stop, end
- Resignationresign, resigned, I give up, I surrender, I concede
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- endurancestamina, endure, perseverance, persistence, staying power
capitulateresist
Oppose or refuse compliance
fight · stand firm · hold out · defy · withstand
recapitulate, capitulation, recapitulation, capitulated, recapitulated, capitulating, capitulates, recapitulating, recapitulations