I yield
You may proceed
I yield is a formal statement of surrender or concession, used when giving way to another's authority, argument, or right of way.
In parliamentary procedure, a speaker says I yield to relinquish the floor or grant time to a colleague: I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
In debate, it signals acknowledging an opponent's point: I yield—you've convinced me.
The phrase carries a tone of deliberate, dignified submission rather than defeat.
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- give inCease resistance, concede
- submitPresent for consideration
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- wave the white flagAcknowledge defeat formally
relent · give way · back down · harvest · crop · bumper crop · produce · bear fruit · return · profit · traffic sign · bow · defer · acquiesce · capitulate · bend · succumb · relinquish
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- agreement wordsyes, okay, agree, agreed, accord
- Resignationresign, resigned, I give up, I surrender, I concede
- yieldingsurrender, I surrender, capitulation, I give up, I submit