| surrender(verb, stop, drop, give, withdraw) |
| throw in the towel(verb, expression, idiom, stop, drop) |
| waive(verb, stop, drop, leave, abandon) |
| accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| accept(verb, surrender, defer, acquiesce, accede) |
| accept defeat(expression, withdraw, yield, backpedal) |
| acknowledge(verb, surrender, defer, acquiesce, accede) |
| admit(withdraw, yield, backpedal) |
| admit you were wrong(expression, idiom, withdraw, yield, backpedal) |
| agree(verb, surrender, defer, acquiesce, accede) |
| allow |
| assent(verb, surrender, defer, acquiesce, accede) |
| back away |
| back out(verb, expression, stop, withdraw, yield) |
| back pedal(expression, withdraw, yield, backpedal) |
| backpedal(verb, stop, withdraw, yield, surrender) |
| backtrack(withdraw, yield, backpedal) |
| balk(withdraw, yield, backpedal) |
| be beaten |
| be bested |