céder

To give way or yield — céder sa place (give up one's seat), céder le passage (yield right of way while driving), and more abstractly céder à la pression/tentation (to give in to pressure/temptation). A common, everyday verb across physical, legal, and emotional contexts.

• Elle a cédé sa place à une personne âgée dans le bus. — She gave up her seat to an elderly person on the bus.
• Il faut céder le passage aux véhicules prioritaires. — You have to yield to priority vehicles.
• Il a fini par céder à la tentation et a mangé le gâteau. — He eventually gave in to temptation and ate the cake.

Céder à quelque chose (to give in to) always needs the preposition à before the thing being yielded to — dropping it (céder la tentation instead of céder à la tentation) is a common learner slip.

• expression Cédez le passage — The standard French wording, and name of the triangular AB3 road sign, for a 'yield' sign at intersections — one of the most-seen everyday uses of céder on French and Belgian roads.