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giving-in
noun as in acquiescence
noun as in concession
noun as in submission
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Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in white flag
adjective as in submissive
Strongest matches
verb as in admit defeat
Weak matches
- abandon
- back down
- bail out
- bow out
- buckle under
- capitulate
- cave in
- cease
- cede
- chicken out
- collapse
- comply
- concede
- cry uncle
- cut out
- desist
- despair
- drop
- drop like a hot potato
- fold
- forswear
- hand over
- leave off
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- resign
- stop
- submit
- surrender
- take the oath
- throw in the towel
- waive
- walk out on
- wash one's hands of
- yield
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Example Sentences
P'raps if he'd had four sisters or a not-too-giving-in wife he'd have been better.
And his final giving-in to everything Fay wanted because Fay wanted it.
“I am not of a giving-in kind,” replied the young man earnestly.
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On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to giving-in, such as: acceptance, assent, concurrence, consent, obedience, and yielding.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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