defer to

Strongest matches

• acknowledge
• agree
• recognize
• respect
• take
• tolerate

Strong matches

• acquiesce
• assent
• bear
• bow
• capitulate
• endure
• stand
• stomach
• suffer
• swallow

Weak matches

• bear with
• don't make waves
• don't rock the boat
• fit in
• go along with
• live with
• play the game
• sit still for
• stand for
• submit to
• yield to

Strongest matches

• accept
• agree
• defend
• endorse
• recognize
• support

Strong matches

• accede
• acquiesce
• allow
• approve
• certify
• grant
• own
• ratify
• uphold
• yield

Weak matches

• attest to
• subscribe to
• take an oath

Strongest matches

• die
• drop
• give up
• go down
• slump

Strong matches

• bend
• capitulate
• obey
• perish
• resign
• submit
• succumb
• yield

Weak matches

• back down
• be casualty
• be destroyed
• be killed
• be lost
• be taken
• eat dirt
• fall to pieces
• give in
• give way
• go under
• lie down
• pass into enemy hands

Strongest matches

• adhere to
• appreciate
• comply with
• heed
• honor
• recognize
• regard
• revere
• uphold
• value

Strong matches

• adore
• attend
• esteem
• follow
• note
• notice
• reverence
• spare
• venerate

Weak matches

• abide by
• be awed by
• be kind to
• have good opinion of
• have high opinion
• look up to
• observe of
• pay attention
• set store by
• show consideration
• show courtesy
• take into account
• think highly of

Strongest matches

• admire
• adore
• appreciate
• cherish
• enjoy
• exalt
• hero-worship
• honor
• regard
• respect
• venerate
• worship

Strong matches

• apotheosize
• deify
• esteem
• love
• magnify
• prize
• reverence
• treasure
• value

Weak match

• pay homage

Weak matches

• admire
• adore
• apotheosize
• appreciate
• be in awe of
• cherish
• deify
• enjoy
• esteem
• exalt
• hold in awe
• honor
• look up to
• love
• magnify
• pay homage
• prize
• put on pedestal
• regard
• respect
• think highly of
• treasure
• value
• venerate
• worship