verb
- surrendering or giving up, especially after resistance; yielding to an opponent or demand
Usage: present participle of capitulate
Examples
- The army was capitulating after months of siege.
- She found herself capitulating to her children’s demands for ice cream.
- The company is capitulating to pressure from environmental groups.
- After hours of debate, he was finally capitulating to their proposal.
- The rebels were capitulating one by one as supplies ran low.
- Management appeared to be capitulating to union demands.