submit
sub-MITverbMeaning to give in to someone’s authority or control
Memory hook SUB-MIT: gives in and goes UNDER the suds. After a long struggle, the muddy puppy gives up and sits still in the tub of suds. He submits to his bath.
The players submitted to the referee’s decision without another word.
In context After a long tug-of-war over bath time, the puppy finally submitted, standing still and dripping while Lila scrubbed behind his ears.
Similar yield, give in, surrender, comply
Opposite resist, defy, fight
From Latin submittere, “to lower, to put under”: sub (under) + mittere (to send, to let go).