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verb
Yield to another's wish or opinion
Synonyms: submitting, yielding, acceding, deferring
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verb
Submit, concede
Synonyms: yielding, folding, surrendering, succumbing, acquiescing, turning, tying, stooping, submitting, stemming, saluting, prostrating, overwhelming, obeying, knotting, inflicting, inclining, genuflecting, fiddling, ducking, bending, buckling, dipping, deferring, curving, crushing, crossing, crooking, conceding, arching, arcing, abasing
Antonyms: overpowering, defending, fighting
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verb
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down
Synonyms: bending, genuflecting, turning, kneeling, rounding, kowtowing, curving, cowering, crooking, ducking, bobbing, stooping, inclining, arching, dropping, arcing, dipping, angling, crouching
Antonyms: towering, rising
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verb
To incline the body
Synonyms: stooping, scrunching, hunching, humping, bending, arching
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verb
To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit.
Synonyms: yielding
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noun
Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
Synonyms: bow, obeisance
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adjective
Showing an excessively deferential manner
Synonyms: bowed