Capitulate

To capitulate means to stop fighting and agree to someone else's demands, usually because you realize it’s best to give in. It's like when you finally decide to let your friend choose the movie after arguing about it for a while.

Examples

• After a long debate about which movie to watch, we finally decided to capitulate and let Sarah choose, since she had been waiting patiently for everyone to agree.
• During the soccer match, our team was down by three goals, and even though we played hard, we knew we might have to capitulate to the other team’s skills.
• In the story, the brave knight chose not to capitulate to the dragon's threats, instead finding a clever way to outsmart it and save the kingdom.

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