What is the meaning of the word "yielded" in this statement from "Anti-Federalist Paper No. 84"? "How great a proportion of natu
ral freedom is necessary to be yielded by individuals, when they submit to government, I shall not inquire." Explained to A) Given up
B) Divided between
C) Provided for
The definition of the word <em>yield </em>is to surrender to the cotrol or the responsibility of a thing, generally not by one's own will but by the use of force.
The Federalist Papers were created with the aim of ratifying the Constitution of the United States. Therefore, <em>The Complete Anti-Federalist Papers</em> were <u>documents that contained articles, letters and pamphlets that strongly opposed the ratification of the Constitution.
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What best defines the meaning of the word <em>yield </em>in these words is that people have to surrender or give up their rights acquired by nature to the government.
