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yield

verb
  1. To bring forth (a product): bear, give, produce. See rich
  2. To make as income or profit: bring in, clear, draw, earn, gain, gross, net 2, pay, produce, realize, repay, return. See money
  3. To let (something) go: abandon, cede, forgo, lay down, relinquish, surrender. See keep
  4. To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive. See keep
  5. To cease opposition: concede, give in. See win
  6. To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength: bow 1, buckle, capitulate, submit, succumb, surrender. Informal: fold. See resist
  7. To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy: bow 1, defer 2, submit. Idioms: give ground, give way. See precede, resist
  8. To moderate or change a position or course of action as a result of pressure: ease off, relent, slacken, soften, weaken. Idiom: give way (or ground). See strong
noun
  1. The amount or quantity produced: output, production. See big
  2. The produce harvested from the land: crop, fruit, fruitage, harvest. See ingestion

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