Opposite of to persist, resist, or be stubbornly unyielding in one's opinion, stance, or action
To regret or retract what one has said
To accept or consent, especially by silence or by omitting to object
“To argue otherwise now is to acquiesce in a rhetoric which those of us who accept universal human rights have no choice but to reject as inhumane.”
(of an event, action, or process) To come to an end or cease to occur
“Jim's questioning of the president would finally stop after the microphone was taken off him.”
To give way or fall to pieces
“The building's structure is crumbling, and it will go at any second.”
To hesitate or be undecided between two opinions or courses of action
To make a quick, nervous movement, especially as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise
To admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it
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