Yielding

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  • adjective. Inclined to give way to pressure, argument, or influence; docile.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Payment.
  • noun. Compliance; assent; surrender.
  • noun. A giving away under physical pressure; a settling.
  • Inclined or fit to yield, in any sense of the word; especially, soft; compliant; unresisting.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating.
  • adjective. the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of yield.
  • adjective. docile, or inclined to give way to pressure
  • noun. a concession
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure
  • adjective. inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
  • adjective. tending to give in or surrender or agree
  • noun. a verbal act of admitting defeat
  • noun. the act of conceding or yielding
  • Word Usage
    "'The _method and nature_ of this yielding' [of _this yielding_ -- SUBJECTION is the question] 'must also be diligently examined; as, _for instance_, whether the motions' [ 'of liberty'] 'completely cease, or exert themselves, but are constrained; for in all bodies with which we are acquainted, _there is no real, but an apparent rest, either in the whole, or in the parts_."
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    yield