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".
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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.
Source: Regent for Life - Certain sects, including Tibetan Buddhism, yield to practicality and accept that sometimes it is necessary to defend oneself or one's nation.
Source: Thou Shalt Not Kill -
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.
Source: I Fought the Law and the Law Won
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Yield and Accept. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accept/yield
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