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yieldedverbpast tense of yield to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)I finally yielded to temptation and had a bowl of ice cream bowed, caved (in), gave in, submitted, succumbed, surrendered catered (to), gratified, indulged, wallowedacquiesced (to), conceded (to)buckled (under), knuckled undergave over (to) held off, resisted battled, breasted, combated(or combatted), confronted, countered, defied, faced, fought, met, objected, opposed, repelledthwarted, withstoodrejectedbridled, checked, constrained, curbed, inhibited, restrained, stifled to produce as revenueI expect that stock to yield at least 14% profit this year bore, gave, paid, returned brought in, nettedafforded, furnished, provided, suppliedpaid off to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)after initially balking at the order, the soldier yielded when the commanding officer threatened a formal charge of insubordination blinked, bowed, budged, capitulated, conceded, gave in, knuckled under, quit(also quitted), relented, submitted, succumbed, surrendered acquiesceddeferred said uncle, threw in the towel(also threw in the sponge) resisted contended, fought, held offbattled, breasted, combated(or combatted), confronted, countered, defied, faced, met, objected, opposed, repelledthwarted, withstood to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)the sort of embarrassing question that seldom yields an honest answer begot(also begat), bred, brought, brought about, brought on, catalyzed, caused, created, did, drew on, effected, effectuated, engendered, generated, induced, invoked, made, occasioned, produced, prompted, resulted (in), spawned, translated (into), worked(or wrought) conduced (to), contributed (to)decided, determinedbegan, established, fathered, founded, inaugurated, initiated, innovated, instituted, introduced, launched, pioneered, set, set up, startedadvanced, cultivated, developed, encouraged, forwarded, fostered, furthered, nourished, nurtured, promotedenacted, rendered, turned out brought forth, gave rise to impeded, limited, restrictedclamped down (on), cracked down (on), crushed, dampened, put down, quashed, quelled, repressed, smothered, squashed, squelched, stifled, subdued, suppressedarrested, checked, controlled, curbed, inhibited, reined (in), restrained, retardedcanned(slang), killed, snuffed (out), stilledabolished, demolished, destroyed, extinguished, liquidated, quenched to fall down or in as a result of physical pressurethe door soon yielded to the battering ram buckled, caved (in), collapsed, crumpled, foundered, gave, imploded, tumbled, went, went out deflated, flattened, melted, melted downbroke, broke down, conked (out), crashed, died, failed, gave out, stalledburst(also bursted), shattered, smashed, splintered, splitcracked, crumbled, popped, snapped gave way inflated, rose, swelled to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duressrefusing to yield the city to enemy troops ceded, coughed up, delivered, gave up, handed over, laid down, relinquished, rendered, surrendered, turned in, turned over committed, consigned, entrusted(also intrusted), transferredforfeited, released, waivedabnegated, renounced, resignedabandoned, deserted, discarded, forsook, parted (with), shed kept, retained, withheld to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedlyshe yielded herself to temptation and booked a month-long vacation in the Bahamas like she'd wanted to for years abandoned, delivered, gave up, indulged, surrendered overdid, overindulgedbasked, luxuriated, reveled(or revelled), rolled, wallowed denied abstained (from), eschewed, forbore, forwent(also forewent), refrained (from)checked, inhibited, restrained |