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Yielding

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Compromising 84% connected

of Compromise

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Compromising 84% connected

of Compromise

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Conciliatory 84% connected

Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

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Conciliatory 84% connected

Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Docile 84% connected

Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Docile 84% connected

Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Flexible 84% connected

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

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Flexible 84% connected

Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Acquiescence 76% connected

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the oth…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assent 76% connected

To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relinquishing 76% connected

of Relinquish

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Relinquishment 76% connected

The act of relinquishing.

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Narrower term 2

Bye 76% connected

A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Grant 74% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grant 74% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

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Synonym 3

Conceding 92% connected

of Concede

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concession 92% connected

The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Surrender 92% connected

To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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