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yielding

/ˈjiːldɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. A concession.

Plural yieldings

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“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
It was generally evident, whenever they met, that he _did_ admire her; and to _her_ it was equally evident that Jane was yielding to the preference which she had begun to entertain for him from the first, and was in a way to be very much in love; but she considered with pleasure that it was not likely to be discovered by the world in general, since Jane united with great strength of feeling, a composure of temper and an uniform cheerfulness of manner, which would guard her from the suspicions of the impertinent.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 21 · B2
It is, I believe, too little yielding; certainly too little for the convenience of the world.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 63 · B2

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