Definition Dictionary

To accept or agree without active resistance, often reluctantly.

One word family: also includes acquiescence, acquiescent.

Firmly unwilling to change a position or decision.

To stop resisting and accept another side's demands.

To admit a point or yield something after resistance.

To postpone something, or to yield to another person's judgment or priority.

Respectful yielding to another person's judgment or wishes.

Overly willing to satisfy someone's wishes or excuse their behavior.

Continuing relentlessly and not yielding to persuasion or resistance.

Unwilling or unable to change or bend.

Stubbornly refusing to change an attitude or decision.

Continuing without weakening or letting up.

The act of yielding to another's authority or control.

Refusing to make concessions or weaken a position or standard.

Firmly refusing to give way or change; also physically inflexible.