concede
- to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit: He finally conceded that she was right.
- to acknowledge (an opponent's victory, score, etc.) before it is officially established: to concede an election before all the votes are counted.
- to grant as a right or privilege; yield: to concede a longer vacation for all employees.
- to make concession; yield to pressure or circumstances; admit defeat: She was so persistent that I conceded at last. My favorite candidate conceded before the polls were even closed!
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relinquish, cede, quit, confess, grant, accept, admit, yield, allow, surrender, capitulate, accord, own, ditto, waive, award, fold, avowExamples from the Web for concede
Contemporary Examples of concede
Though Kerzner did concede that being a sock helped with his candor.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say AnythingSoraya Roberts
November 13, 2014
But nobody wanted to concede to being a part of the problem.
Interpol on the Arrogance of Believing Their Own Myth and Life After Carlos D.Melissa Leon
September 8, 2014
Invading Iraq in 2003 was a mistake (57 percent of Americans concede as much).
It not only motivates parents to concede to the practice, but also not to report incidences when medical issues arise.
By contrast, those religious communities that concede too much to the world are bound to decline.
Historical Examples of concede
If we concede to the criminal the right to a further chance we concede it to ourselves.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
"In doing which, I fear, you will concede all the merits," said Mr. Effingham.
Homeward BoundJames Fenimore Cooper
I will concede it, my dear Scaramouche, so that I may hear the sequel.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
It was not too much, therefore, to concede to them this privilege of escape.
I was willing to concede something, and offered a compromise.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
concede
- (when tr, may take a clause as object) to admit or acknowledge (something) as true or correct
- to yield or allow (something, such as a right)
- (tr) to admit as certain in outcometo concede an election