特にしぶしぶ、または圧力のもとで、何かを明け渡したり差し出したりする。
"After months of resistance, the rebels finally yielded up their weapons."
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
— Luke 23:46, The Bible (King James Version) — related expression 'yield up the ghost'