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capitulate

/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/
verb
  1. To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.

    "He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop."

  2. To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.

  3. To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.

Synonymswave the white flag

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