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concede - be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" |
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yield,
grant |
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agree,
concord,
concur,
hold consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"
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forgive stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
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concede - admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" |
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profess,
confess |
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acknowledge,
admit accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"
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fess up,
make a clean breast of,
own up admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting"
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concede - give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another |
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yield,
cede,
grant |
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give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
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concede - acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose" |
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give up,
surrender allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
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