Yield to another's wishes and delay (5)
I believe the answer is:
defer
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'yield to another's wishes' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'delay' is the second definition.
(deferring is a kind of delaying)
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for defer that I've seen before include "Allow precedence (to)" , "Play for time" , "Freed in order to postpone" , "Bow?" , "Hold back to a later time" .)