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- accede to pressure
accede to pressure
accede to pressure
To bow down or yield to pressure from an outside force, especially as regards a political, business, or military action or decision. Congress was forced to accede to pressure from the public and abandon its proposal to increase taxes.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Ezra | | EZ-rə (English) | Biblical, English, Hebrew |
| Doriano | | - | Italian |
| Jill | | JIL | English |
| Sharmaine | | shahr-MAYN | English (Rare) |
| Francisco | | frahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Eder (1) | | - | Biblical |