relent

It wasn’t until the race’s final months — “unwillingly and only under severe pressure” from his campaign managers, as one newspaper story put it — that he relented and installed one at his farm near Germantown.

Democrats initially resisted on grounds that the hearing was politically charged — and too close to the election — though they later relented.

Rudin initially relented, but eventually pulled out of the project after a long list of directors also declined.

During a stretch of big trail efforts this summer, I finally relented and felt no embarrassment—only comfort, satiation, and hydration.