backing down

capitulation resignation

acquiescence appeasement assent bowing defeatism deference docility humbleness humility malleability meekness nonresistance obedience passivism passivity prostration servility subjection submissiveness surrender tractability unassertiveness yielding

cringing giving-in pliabilty recreancy submitting

disagreement disobedience rebellion

fight resistance

capitulation caving in flag of truce giving-in retreat submission throwing in the towel truce flag