succumb

To fail to resist pressure, temptation, or illness; to yield to something overwhelming.

• Nocommon derivatives — used primarily as a verb.

• succumb to temptation
• succumb to pressure
• succumb to illness
• succumb to injuries
• eventually succumb

1. 1.Despite his initial resistance, he eventually succumbed to the pressure and agreed to resign. (pressure)
2. 2.She had fought the illness for two years before finally succumbing last spring. (illness/death, formal)

• yield/jiːld/— give way; less emotional
• surrender/səˈrɛndər/— give up control
• capitulate/kəˈpɪtjʊleɪt/— formal; cease resisting

from Latin "succumbere" = to lie under, yield, from "sub-" (under) + "cumbere" (to lie)