conceded
Americanadjective
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allowed or admitted as true, proper, just, etc..
A professional liar, when cornered, will strategically acknowledge a point without giving up the debate; those conceded points should form the basis of your response.
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acknowledged without or before being officially confirmed.
That argument did not set a legal precedent, because it was a conceded point and not a legally established one.
In golf, a conceded putt is one your opponent gives you, without you completing the shot.
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granted or yielded in a negotiation.
Later that year, the oil company returned with security guards to install its equipment on the conceded territory.
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Conceded his lack of foreign policy credentials, but appealed for the votes of those eager to get new voices in the political arena.
From US News • Aug. 7, 2015
Conceded a late corner kick that created unnecessary danger.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2011
Conceded Mary Jo: "In my irrational moments, I've blamed him."
From Time Magazine Archive
Conceded Indiana Republican Dan Quayle: "Bit by bit, it's coming unraveled, no two ways about it."
From Time Magazine Archive
Conceded that we overheat our houses and our railroad trains and our hotel lobbies in America, nevertheless we do heat them.
From Europe Revised by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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