| ebb(verb, decline, ease, diminish, yield) |
| let up(verb, expression, calm, control, quiet) |
| subside(verb, stop, control, decline, release) |
| ease(verb, calm, quiet, help, reduce) |
| fall(verb, control, go, decline, open) |
| give quarter(verb, expression, idiom, yield, surrender) |
| pity(noun, verb, free, leave, spare) |
| succumb(verb, stop, withdraw, agree, leave) |
| thaw(verb, calm, reduce, ease, moderate) |
| weaken(verb, calm, go, strong, decline) |
| accede(verb, agree, surrender, acknowledge, quit) |
| assent(verb, surrender, defer, acquiesce, accede) |
| be merciful(verb, free, leave, yield, surrender) |
| cede(verb, stop, go, open, withdraw) |
| concede(verb, go, open, fail, agree) |
| consent(verb, surrender, defer, acquiesce, accede) |
| die down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, control) |
| give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw) |
| knuckle under(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw) |
| pardon(verb, free, leave, comfort, forget) |