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The moment resistance files its resignation and gravity wins.

means To stop fighting and give in to a force, pressure, illness, or temptation.

from From Latin succumbere, to lie down under, from sub (under) plus cumbere (to lie) — defeat as literally going horizontal.

Silent letterThat final b is decorative and unpronounced.
Grim defaultOften a polite obituary word for dying.
Latin siblingShares its root with incumbent and recumbent.
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