willingly submit
Frequency: 5.94.5 per million words
to agree to accept someone's power or control without resistance
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Examples (10)
- The defeated soldiers had no choice but to willingly submit to the victor's terms.
- Despite her initial reluctance, she eventually willingly submitted to the new management's policies.
- He wasn't happy about it, but he willingly submitted to his parents' authority.
- The rebels, exhausted from the long conflict, willingly submitted to the government's authority.
- She found it difficult, but she willingly submitted to the doctor's examination.
- The team captain, seeing the writing on the wall, willingly submitted to the referee's decision.
- Rather than fight a losing battle, they decided to willingly submit to the inevitable.
- He was so impressed by her leadership that he willingly submitted to her guidance.
- The citizens, tired of the chaos, willingly submitted to the new regulations.
- After much deliberation, he willingly submitted to the terms of the settlement.