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Comparative for willing to accept or agree to something without objection or resistance
“His yielding compliance to the King's wishes led to his advancement during Henry's life, but ultimately contributed to his downfall and his martyrdom.”
(somewhat rare) Comparative for susceptible to influence by suggestion
“I know not which is most injurious to the yielding minds of the young.”
Comparative for soft or flexible in texture or structure
“A similar thought floated through each brain as they settled themselves among the yielding cushions.”
Comparative for mushy in texture, resembling a marsh or quagmire
“But, by some good luck, one final shove of the oars sent the light boat through the yielding mud, and into a little depression beyond.”
Comparative for droopy, lacking in stiffness or firmness
“It is the stubborn oak, not the yielding willow, that breaks rather than bend before the blast.”
Comparative for kind or lenient, often to excess
Comparative for fertile, capable of producing in abundance
Comparative for willing to make concessions or characterized by pacifism
Comparative for needing very little effort
Comparative for lacking bodily or structural strength
Comparative for lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
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