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• v  yield to another's wish or opinion
• v  take on duties or office
  accede to the throne
• v  to agree or express agreement

• Though European allies have been reluctant to accede to Washington's demands for sanctions, the limited measures adopted thus far have, nonetheless, made a dent in the Iranian economy.
• Democratic leaders say, for example, that they are already prepared to accede to Republican demands that illegal immigrants be excluded from the plan.
• War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha resigns, reportedly because Cabinet would not accede to his demands for more aggressive warfare.

• submit
• bow
• defer
• give in
• enter
• assent
• acquiesce

• dissent

News & Articles

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• Obama: Not seeking 'photo-op' with ailing Mandela
  En route to South Africa, President Obama said Friday he doesn't need a "photo-op" with gravely ill civil-rights icon Nelson Mandela and isn't sure whether he will visit him. Mr. Obama told reporters aboard Air Force One that he will accede to the wishes of the Mandela family on whether ...
  June 28, 2013 - The Washington Times
• Obama: Not seeking 'photo-op' with ailing Mandela
  En route to South Africa, President Obama said Friday he doesn't need a "photo-op" with gravely ill civil-rights icon Nelson Mandela and isn't sure whether he will visit him. Mr. Obama told reporters aboard Air Force One that he will accede to the wishes of the Mandela family on whether ...
  June 28, 2013 - The Washington Times

Quotes

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• Nelson Mandela in The Canadian Press
  In a statement Thursday, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said it had been "inundated with requests for meetings, and it will be impossible for Mr. Mandela to accede to even a small fraction of these."
• Fred Fielding in FOXNews
  Fielding said Bush "was not willing to provide your committees with documents revealing internal White House communications or to accede to your desire for senior advisers to testify at public hearings. The reason for these distinctions rests upon a...
• George Osborne in The Press Association
  At the moment there is absolutely no incentive for a local community to accede to a planning request,Mr Osborne said.