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nevertheless, regardless, in spite of or despite everything,<br />

just or all the same, even so, after all, US still and all:<br />

Despite the life I've led, I might get to heaven yet.<br />

--conj. 6 notwithstanding, in spite of or despite it or that or<br />

the fact, still, nevertheless, but: He goes out every night,<br />

yet never oversleeps in the mornings.<br />

24.3 yield...<br />

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=yield<br />

v. 1 surrender, give up (the fight or struggle), give in,<br />

knuckle under, submit, cede, cry quits, throw in the towel or<br />

the sponge, capitulate, succumb, raise the white flag: The<br />

captain of the enemy company asked if we would yield. 2 give<br />

up, surrender, give over, hand in or over, abandon, relinquish,<br />

renounce, cede: We agreed to yield our arms to the enemy. 3<br />

agree, consent, comply, concede, relent, assent, give way,<br />

accede, concur: He did his best to persuade me, and I finally<br />

yielded. 4 earn, return, pay, bring in, supply, generate,<br />

produce, net: She has investments that yield more than 15% a<br />

year.<br />

--n. 5 return, production, output, revenue, takings, gate,<br />

earnings, income, proceeds, profit, gain: The yield from that<br />

operation is not even enough to pay the rent.<br />

yielding adj. 1 pliant, flexile, flexible, pliable, soft, plastic,<br />

fictile, elastic, resilient, supple, springy, bouncy, spongy,<br />

rubbery: The frame is of a yielding material that gives way<br />

under pressure. 2 accommodating, docile, submissive, amenable,<br />

tractable, compliant, obedient, flexible, acquiescent,<br />

agreeable, obliging, manageable, manipulable: He wanted a wife<br />

with a yielding temperament who would tolerate his foibles.<br />

24.4 young...<br />

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=young<br />

adj. 1 youthful, teenage(d), adolescent, prepubescent,<br />

pubescent, juvenile, minor, junior, under age: Would you<br />

believe that she has young children? 2 boyish, girlish;

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