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Definition of Yielding

Yielding

  1. of Yield
  2. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.

Yielding Quotations

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.
Billy Sunday

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
Quentin Crisp

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.
George Whitefield

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.
Dean Acheson

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
George Henry Lewes
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Yielding Translations

yielding in French is rendant
yielding in German is gewinnend
yielding in Swedish is foglig, undfallande

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