DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 Yield·ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.
 Yielding and paying Law, the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved.
 Syn: -- Obsequious; attentive.
 Usage: -- Yielding, Obsequious, Attentive. In many cases a man may be attentive or yielding in a high degree without any sacrifice of his dignity; but he who is obsequious seeks to gain favor by excessive and mean compliances for some selfish end.
 -- Yield*ing*ly, adv. -- Yield*ing*ness, n.
 ◄ ►