Antonyms for yield
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : yeeld |
| Phonetic Transcription : yild |
Definition of yield
Origin :- Old English geldan (Anglian), gieldan (West Saxon) "to pay" (class III strong verb; past tense geald, past participle golden), from Proto-Germanic *geldanan "pay" (cf. Old Saxon geldan "to be worth," Old Norse gjaldo "to repay, return," Middle Dutch ghelden, Dutch gelden "to cost, be worth, concern," Old High German geltan, German gelten "to be worth," Gothic fra-gildan "to repay, requite").
- Perhaps from PIE *ghel-to- "I pay," found only in Balto-Slavic and Germanic, unless Old Church Slavonic zledo, Lithuanian geliuoti are Germanic loan-words. Sense developed in English via use to translate Latin reddere, French rendre, and had expanded by c.1300 to "repay, return, render (service), produce, surrender." Related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch gelt, Dutch geld, German Geld "money." Yielding in sense of "giving way to physical force" is recorded from 1660s.
- noun production of labor
- verb produce
- verb give in, surrender
- verb grant, allow
- Let her think that your own impulse leads you, and then she will yield.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- So you know your destiny; and have nothing to do but to yield to it.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The plea touched to the bottom of her heart, but she could not, would not yield.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He wishes me to yield myself fully to Him in heart and life.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- Were she to yield to evil she would suffer eternal remorse in consequence.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Voice, eyes, the line of his chin, all told Rose that he would not yield.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- They wrangled on the doorstep until it was late, but she would not yield to him.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He was quite earnest about it, and reasoned with me like a father; but I was determined not to yield.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- She did not, however, yield to this influence, or retire for such a purpose.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Spirits differ; some yield to the power of wisdom, while others are too strong.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
Synonyms for yield
- abandon
- abdicate
- accede
- accept
- accrue
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- admit
- admit defeat
- afford
- agree
- allow
- assent
- back down
- beam
- bear
- bend
- blossom
- bow
- break
- bring forth
- bring in
- buy
- call it quits
- capitulate
- cave in
- cede
- collapse
- come to terms
- comply
- concede
- concur
- consent
- crop
- crumple
- defer
- discharge
- earn
- earnings
- fail
- fit in
- fold
- fold up
- furnish
- generate
- give
- give off
- give oneself over
- give up
- give way
- go
- go along with
- go with the flow
- hand over
- harvest
- hold out
- income
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- lay down arms
- leave
- let go
- net
- offer
- output
- outturn
- part with
- pay
- permit
- play the game
- produce
- proffer
- profit
- provide
- relax
- relent
- relinquish
- resign
- return
- revenue
- sag
- sell for
- submit
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- supply
- surrender
- takings
- tender
- throw in the towel
- toe the line
- toe the mark
- turn out
- turnout
- waive
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