Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings

to submit or surrender to pressure; to subdue or make someone else submit

Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings

(bound form) To bend, flinch, or give in; often used in a figurative sense of yielding under pressure.