giving in
Caving to pressure
Giving in is yielding or surrendering when you'd rather not—stopping resistance to pressure, temptation, or persuasion.
After hours of arguing, she finally gave in.
It often carries a note of reluctance or defeat: I kept saying no, but eventually I gave in to his demands.
To give in to temptation is to stop resisting it.
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- throwing in the towelAccepting defeat, stopping effort
- yieldingBending under pressure
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
white flag · acquiescence · caving · caving in · relenting · submission · submit · crying uncle · succumbing · folding · appeasement · bowing · rolling over · assent · bend · breaking · compromise · weakness
- people-pleasingappeasing, placating, accommodating, pandering, going along
- submissionsubmission hold, submitting, surrendering, capitulation, yielding
- conflict responsesavoidance, confrontation, compromise, accommodation, aggression
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I submit
giving inholding out
Refusing to surrender
resisting · standing one's ground · digging in · defying · fighting back
giving inpersevering
Maintaining effort despite difficulty
persisting · hanging in there · sticking with it · soldiering on · pressing on
giving inasserting oneself
Expressing one's position confidently
demanding · insisting · dominating · taking charge · fighting for
give, given, giving, forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, gives, forgiven, unforgiving