1
affected
1
appeasement(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
assent(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
back-scratching
1
backing down(noun, expression, surrender, yielding, despair)
1
blandishment
1
blench
1
blenching
1
bouncing
1
bounding
1
brownnosing(adjective, humble, compliant, flattering, deferential)
1
capitulation(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
compliance(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, despondency)
1
contemptible
1
contracting
1
cower
1
cringer
1
defeatism(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
deference(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
1
degraded
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