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yielding

/ˈjiːldɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. A concession.

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Yielding up her last breath, she gasped forth this lament: “O wretched creature that I am!
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 37 · B2
“Well, I’ll be Elaine,” said Anne, yielding reluctantly, for, although she would have been delighted to play the principal character, yet her artistic sense demanded fitness for it and this, she felt, her limitations made impossible.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 221 · C1
“You blessed girl!” said Marilla, yielding.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 324 · C1
“Tomorrow, my dear friend,” said Edmond, desirous of not yielding to the old man’s madness.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 185 · C1

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