yielding up
Relinquishing to another
Yielding up is the act of surrendering, releasing, or giving over something—often reluctantly or after resistance.
The phrase carries more gravity than simply giving: The old regime finally yielded up power.
It can describe revealing what was hidden: The archives yielded up their secrets.
Land yields up its harvest; the dead yield up their stories.
- give upStop attempting something
- giving inCeasing to resist
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- submitPresent for consideration
- cessionFormal transfer of territory
surrender · laying down arms · throwing in the towel · forfeit · capitulate · hand over · turning over · handing off · cede · succumb · giving ground · abdication · resign · bestowal · forgoing · renunciation · sacrifice · proffering
yielding uphoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
withholding · keeping · retaining · clinging to · clutching
yielding upholding out
Refusing to surrender
resisting · defending · fighting for · clinging to · digging in
yielding upconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppressing · withholding · covering up · burying