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1) refusing to give in (adamant)

2) to give in (to a ruler, death, temptation, flattery etc) (succumb)

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Meaning:
acquiesce

to agree, accept, something without argument

agree with some reluctance

cede

to give up rights, land etc to another person or country

abandon, surrender

comply

to act in agreement (with a request, command, wish etc)

abide by, follow agreement or instructions

forgo

to do without, give up, (something)

give up, do without

indulge

to give way to and satisfy; to allow oneself the pleasure of something

treat oneself or another to

knuckle

a bone at a finger-joint; (in animals) a knee-joint

comply, endure

kowtow

to obey a person (too) humbly

grovel

relent

to become less severe or cruel (especially by agreeing to something after refusing)

die down; let up

submit

to put (oneself) under the control of another; to put (an idea etc) forward for an opinion, decision etc; to suggest (something)

comply, endure

succumb

to give in (to a ruler, death, temptation, flattery etc)

die or surrender

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