Synonyms:
submit, bow, defer, accede, give_in
Meaning: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
Usage examples
'We adopted Uncle Snow's views so far as to accede to his proposition forthwith.
I carry the lives of six of you in this weapon, and I am not one to miss my aim, as your valiant leader yonder well knows.--Now, Captain Bramble, I will surrender to you, provided you accede to my terms, otherwise you cannot take me alive!"
After vainly waiting for an answer, much beyond the accustomed time when children are baptized, Mrs. Douglas could no longer refuse to accede to the desires of the venerable inmates of Glenfern; and about a month before her favoured sister received her more elegant appellations, the neglected twin was baptized by the name of Mary.