Meaning of CONCEDE
| Pronunciation: | | kun'seed
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- [v] be willing to concede; "I grant you this much..."
- [v] make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"
- [v] acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
- [v] give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
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| | Synonyms: | | cede, confess, grant, grant, profess, yield, yield |
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| | See Also: | | acknowledge, admit, agree, concord, concur, forgive, give, give up, hold, surrender | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Con*cede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conceded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Conceding}.] [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere
to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. conc['e]der. See
{Cede}.]
1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede
the point in question. --Boyle.
2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
We concede that their citizens were those who lived
under different forms. --Burke.
Syn: To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.
\Con*cede"\, v. i.
To yield or make concession.
I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she
prayed concession at our feet. --Burke.
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| | Related Terms: | | abandon, accept, accord, acknowledge, admit, admit everything, admit exceptions, agree provisionally, allow, allow for, assent grudgingly, avow, award, cede, come clean, confess, consider, consider the circumstances, consider the source, cop a plea, discount, disregard, express general agreement, give up, go along with, grant, let on, lift temporarily, make allowance for, not oppose, open up, out with it, own, own up, plead guilty, provide for, recognize, relax, relax the condition, relinquish, resign, set aside, spill, spill it, spit it out, submit, surrender, take account of, take into account, take into consideration, tell all, tell the truth, vouchsafe, waive, warrant, yield |
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