yielding

Plural: yieldings

Noun

• a verbal act of admitting defeat
• the act of conceding or yielding
• A concession.

Verb

• be the cause or source of
• end resistance, as under pressure or force
• give or supply
• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• give in, as to influence or pressure
• move in order to make room for someone for something
• cause to happen or be responsible for
• be willing to concede
• be fatally overwhelmed
• bring in
• be flexible under stress of physical force
• cease opposition; stop fighting
• consent reluctantly
• present participle and gerund of yield

Adjective Satellite

• inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
  • "a timid yielding person"
• lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure
  • "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"
• tending to give in or surrender or agree; - V.I.Parrington
  • "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"

Adj

• Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

Synonyms

afford, bear, buckle under, cede, concede, conceding, concession, ease up, generate, give, give in, give way, giving up, grant, knuckle under, move over, pay, relent, render, return, soften, succumb, surrender, yield

Antonyms

stand, survive

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