Definition of concede

verb (v)

• admit (to a wrongdoing) (verb.communication)

  Synonym: confess, profess
  

  source: wordnet30
• be willing to concede (verb.communication)

  Synonym: grant, yield
  

  source: wordnet30
• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another (verb.possession)

  Synonym: cede, grant, yield
  

  source: wordnet30
• acknowledge defeat (verb.competition)

  Example:
  The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To yield or make concession. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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