yielding as a noun: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
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yielding
noun
1 yielding
A verbal act of admitting defeat.
synonyms: giving up, surrender.
Roget 725:
submission,
yielding;
nonresistance;
obedience
etc.
743.
surrender,
cession,
capitulation,
resignation;
backdown†.
obeisance,
homage,
kneeling,
genuflexion†,
courtesy,
curtsy,
kowtow,
prostration.
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Polish: ulegnięcie
2 yielding
The act of conceding or yielding.
synonyms: conceding, concession.
Dutch: gedwee, toegevend, inschikkelijk, meegaand
Polish: ustępstwo, koncesja
adjective
1 yielding
Inclined to yield to argument or influence or control.
Roget 324:
soft,
tender,
supple;
pliant,
pliable;
flexible,
flexile;
lithe,
lithesome;
lissom,
limber,
plastic;
ductile;
tractile†,
tractable;
malleable,
extensile,
sequacious†,
inelastic;
aluminous†;
remollient†.
yielding
etc.
v.;
flabby,
limp,
flimsy.
doughy,
spongy,
penetrable,
foamy,
cushiony†.
flaccid,
flocculent,
downy;
edematous,
oedematous†,
medullary [Anat.],
argillaceous,
mellow.
soft as butter,
soft as down,
soft as silk;
yielding as wax,
tender as chicken.
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Roget 705:
easy,
facile;
feasible
etc.
(practicable)
470;
easily managed,
easily accomplished;
within reach,
accessible,
easy of access,
for the million,
open to.
manageable,
wieldy;
towardly†,
tractable;
submissive;
yielding,
ductile;
suant†;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324;
glib,
slippery;
smooth
etc.
255;
on friction wheels,
on velvet.
unembarrassed,
disburdened,
unburdened,
disencumbered,
unencumbered,
disembarrassed;
exonerated;
unloaded,
unobstructed,
untrammeled;
unrestrained
etc.
(free)
748;
at ease,
light.
[able to do easily]
at home with;
quite at home;
in one's element,
in smooth water;
skillful
etc.
698;
accustomed
etc.
613.
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2 yielding
Lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure.
3 yielding
Tending to give in or surrender or agree.
Polish: spolegliwy
Moby thesaurus: abandonment, abatement of differences, abdication, abjuration, abjurement, acceptance, accommodating, accommodation, acquiescence, acquiescent, adaptable, adjustment, agreeable, amenable, arrangement, assent, bargain, bearing, bendable, bending, biddable, bouncy, cession, complaisance, compliance, compliant, composition, compromise, concession, consent, convenient, cop-out, deal, deference, desertion of principle, dispensation, disposal, disposition, docile, dropping out, ductile, dumping, elastic, evasion of responsibility, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, feasible, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, foolproof, forgoing, formable, formative, forswearing, fructiferous, fructification, fruitbearing, fruiting, fruition, getting rid of, give-and-take, giving, giving up, giving way, handing over, handy, homage, impressible, impressionable, kneeling, letting go, like putty, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, malleable, manageable, maneuverable, manipulable, moldable, mushy, mutual concession, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonresistance, nonresistant, nonresisting, obedience, obedient, obeisance, obliging, pappy, passiveness, passivity, plastic, pliable, pliant, practical, producing, pulpy, quaggy, recantation, receptive, release, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, resigned, resignedness, resilient, responsive, retraction, riddance, rubbery, sacrifice, sensitive, sequacious, settlement, shapable, soft, spongy, springy, squashy, squelchy, squishy, squushy, subjection, submission, submissive, submittal, supineness, supple, surrender, susceptible, swearing off, tractable, tractile, unaustere, undemanding, understanding, unexacting, unharsh, unresistant, unresisting, unsevere, unstrict, untroublesome, waiver, whippy, wieldable, wieldy, willowy, withdrawing ... show more.
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