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Superlative 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) Superlative for susceptible to influence by suggestion
“I know not which is most injurious to the yielding minds of the young.”
Superlative for soft or flexible in texture or structure
“A similar thought floated through each brain as they settled themselves among the yielding cushions.”
Superlative 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.”
Superlative for droopy, lacking in stiffness or firmness
“It is the stubborn oak, not the yielding willow, that breaks rather than bend before the blast.”
Superlative for kind or lenient, often to excess
Superlative for fertile, capable of producing in abundance
Superlative for willing to make concessions or characterized by pacifism
Superlative for needing very little effort
Superlative for lacking bodily or structural strength
Superlative for lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
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