yielding
adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GRESAT
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
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
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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