yield

yield
   to copulate with a man outside marriage
   Literally, to submit, and of venerable ancestry:
    There is no woman, Euphues, but she will yield in time. (Lyly, 1579, quoted in ODEP) My sisterly remorse confuted mine honour, And I did yield to him. (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure)
   The female may yield to desire, solicitation, etc., yielding her body, person, virginity, etc.:
    Without much demur I yielded to his desire. (Mayhew, 1862)
    The pretty lady's maid will often yield to
   soft solicitation, (ibid. — the maid was
   pretty, not the lady)
   Yielding up thy body to my will. (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure)
    If I would yield him my virginity... (ibid.)
    ... the innocent young woman, with full knowledge, usually yields, without remorse, her person to any man. (Pearsall, 1969, quoting Patmore, c.1890)

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