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yield

/jiːld/
verb
  1. To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

  2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

  3. To give way; to allow another to pass first.

    "Yield the right of way to pedestrians."

Synonymsbear, capitulate, cede, defer, give in, give up

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