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1) to fall in, give way to pressure (cave)

2) to give way to and satisfy; to allow oneself the pleasure of something (indulge)

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Meaning:
budge

(to cause a person, thing) to move very little

dislodge from staid position

crumple

(to cause something) to become full of folds or creases

make or become wrinkled

knuckle

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

comply, endure

obey

to do what one is told to do by (a person); carry out (a command)

conform, give in

relent

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

die down; let up

retire

to go away; to go (to bed); (to cause a person) to give up work, a position etc

leave a place or responsibility

rusticate

to send (a student) temporarily away from the university as a punishment

leave a place or responsibility

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

weaken

(to cause a person, liquid, determination etc) to be or become weak(er)

reduce the strength of

withdraw

to take (something) out or away; to take back (a statement, an offer); (to cause a person, animal, claw etc) to move back or away

remove something or someone from situation

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