yielding (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Of personsII. Of things soft, flexible • yielding (adj.): I. Of persons: obsĕquens, obsĕquiōsus, făcĭlis: v. complaisant. II. Of things soft, flexible: mollis: y. water, mollis aqua, Ov. A. A. 1, 476: v. soft, pliant.