yielding vs relinquishment

yielding and relinquishment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yielding	Yes	Yes	No	No
relinquishment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, relinquishment is a hypernym of yielding; that is, relinquishment is a word with a broader meaning than yielding:

yielding: a verbal act of admitting defeat
relinquishment: a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

Other hypernyms of yielding include relinquishing.

yielding (noun)	relinquishment (noun)
the act of conceding or yielding	the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
a verbal act of admitting defeat	a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

yielding (adjective)	relinquishment (adjective)
tending to give in or surrender or agree
inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure