succumbencyn.
/səˈkʌmbənsi/ Now rare.
A giving way or yielding; submission.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > giving way or giving in
yieldingc1425
yield1602
succumbency1653
succumbence1837
reculade1883
succumbing1885
1653 R. Gentilis tr. F. Bacon Nat. & Exper. Hist. Winds 371 The means and wayes of the succumbency and yieldings of Motions are carefully to be looked into.
1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 258 Thy vile succumbency gives him the day and his will upon thee.
1698 J. Howe Serm. Reform. Manners 27 A timorous fainting and succumbency.
1820 J. Foster Ess. Evils Pop. Ignorance 163 This..unquestioning, unmurmuring, succumbency under the actual allotment.
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