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Definition of capitulating : of Capitulate

Synonyms:

assenting, contracting, empathizing, acquiescing, conforming, welcoming, pledging, affirming, accepting, cooperating, stipulating, agreeing, blessing, acceding, approving, promising, endorsing, sanctioning, consenting, concurring

forgoing, releasing, abdicating, shedding, surrendering, relinquishing, disowning, quitting, waiving, defecting, forsaking, renouncing, vacating, disclaiming, resigning, withdrawing, deserting, abandoning, giving up

dismissing, casting off, jettisoning, disposing, letting go, leaving, ridding, parting with, discarding, dispelling, rejecting, venting, canceling, dropping, relegating

complying, bowing, kowtowing, knuckling under, caving, bending, observing, genuflecting, respecting, submitting, succumbing, yielding, ceding, fulfilling, deferring, adhering, obeying

co-operative, agreeable, consensual, concordant, friendly, empathetic, understanding, harmonious, amiable, compatible, likeable, willing, acquiescent, congenial, pleasant

Usage examples:

• She did most of the talking while he barely listened, being conscious only of the thumping of his capitulating heart. - "Banked Fires", E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi.
• " Have it your own way, thin," moaned Mary Ellen, capitulating, as usual, under the fire of Angel's pleading, " but moind, if she iver finds us out, it's mesilf will be walkin' the streets widout a character." - "Explorers of the Dawn", Mazo de la Roche.
• Succeeded by Sir William Johnson, who carried out his plan of operations, the fort capitulating on July 24, 1759. Index: Hd Marches against Fort Niagara, 25; death of, 26. Bib. - "The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History", Various.