Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Tending to give in or surrender: Describes a person or thing that readily agrees, concedes, or submits to another's will, argument, or influence, often due to a lack of firmness or assertiveness.
   • Lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure: Describes a physical property of a material that is soft, flexible, or elastic, deforming easily under force.
   • Producing a return: In agriculture or finance, describes something that is productive or generates profit.

2. Noun:

   • The act of conceding or surrendering: The action of giving up, giving way, or admitting defeat.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • She has a yielding disposition and rarely argues. (Describing a person who is compliant.)
  • The mattress was made of a yielding foam that conformed to the body. (Describing a soft, flexible material.)
  • The investors were pleased with the yielding portfolio. (Describing a profitable investment.)

• Noun:

  • The yielding of territory was a condition of the peace treaty. (Referring to the act of surrendering land.)
  • After hours of debate, his yielding on the key point allowed the agreement to proceed. (Referring to the act of conceding in an argument.)

Advanced Usage

• "Too yielding to make a stand": An idiom describing a person so compliant that they cannot resist any imposition or demand.

  • The committee was too yielding to make a stand against the unreasonable proposal.

• Describing a gradual or reluctant concession:

  • After much pressure, the government's position showed a yielding flexibility.

Variants and Related Words

• Yield (verb): To produce or provide; to give way to pressure or force; to surrender.

  • The farm yields a good harvest.
  • The door yielded to his push.

• Unyielding (adj): The opposite; not giving way to pressure; firm, stubborn, or inflexible.

  • He was unyielding in his principles.

Synonyms

• Adjective (compliant): Submissive, acquiescent, compliant, pliant, tractable.
• Adjective (soft): Pliable, supple, elastic, flexible, spongy.
• Noun: Surrender, concession, capitulation, submission.

Related Phrases

• Yield to temptation: To give in to a desire.

  • He finally yielded to temptation and ate the cake.

• Yield the right of way: To allow another vehicle or pedestrian to go first, as per traffic rules.

  • At the intersection, you must yield the right of way.

Related Idioms

• Yield ground: To retreat from a position or opinion; to concede.

  • In the negotiation, neither side was willing to yield ground.

• A high-yielding asset: An investment that produces a large return.

  • Savings accounts are safe but are not high-yielding assets.

Adjective

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

Noun

1. the act of conceding or yielding
2. a verbal act of admitting defeat