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yielding

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400SATGRE
DEFINITION

inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

WEBSTER'S 1913

Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.

ETYMOLOGY

from Old French 'yieldre', to give way

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

He took them one by one, yielding here, discussing there, and holding to his point.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
✨ WORD STORY

Yamini, a Nairobi florist, was known for her yielding nature. One sunny day, a grumpy customer complained about every flower, until Yamini suggested cactus bouquets. Surprisingly, he loved them, proving even thorns could bloom under yielding charm.

📖 TALE

Diego's hand tightened on the rudder as a gust slammed into the sailboat in the Stockholm archipelago. After moments of resistance, he took a deep breath and yielded to the wind's pull, steering smoothly with the current.

IN USE

With the third wave of feminism, sexual identity and compulsory heterosexuality became a subject of study for anarchists, yielding a post-structuralist critique of sexual normality.

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