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Capitulate

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surrenderverb(intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
giveverb(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
give upverb(transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
succumbverb(intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
yieldnounA product.
give inverb(idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
break downverb(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
cedeverb(transitive) To give up; yield to another. [with to]
pack upverbTo clear away and place into storage.
resign oneselfverbTo give up, stop resisting and come to accept.
submitverb(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
resignverb(transitive or intransitive) To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status.
cave inverbTo collapse inward or downward.
coughnounA sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
pull in one's hornsverb(idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.
give oververb(transitive) To entrust (something) to another.
subcombnoun(algebraic geometry) A subcurve of a comb that includes the handle.
bucklenounA metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
put one's hands upverbTo surrender.
give up the ghostverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To cease clinging to life; to die.

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