Accept and Yield

Accept

Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Usage example: some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins

Yield is a synonym for accept in acknowledge topic. In some cases you can use "Yield" instead a verb "Accept".

Yield

Yield verb - Consent reluctantly.

Accept is a synonym for yield in grant topic. Sometimes you can use "Accept" instead a verb "Yield".

Nearby Words: yielding, yielded

Common collocations

power accept power yield power
someone accept someone yield someone
money accept money yield money
nothing accept nothing yield nothing
Other words: answer, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Denethor might be perfectly willing, even overjoyed, to yield to a king, but we never learn whether Denethor would accept Aragorn as the king.
  • Certain sects, including Tibetan Buddhism, yield to practicality and accept that sometimes it is necessary to defend oneself or one's nation.
  • I Fought the Law and the Law Won Due to the magic of the cowl, the guards will think you are innocent and accept your yield without giving you a single fine, and the guards you killed will still have some measly loot on their bodies.
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