conceding Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of conceding or yielding
    concession; yielding.
  2. verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
    confess; profess; concede.
    • She confessed that she had taken the money
  3. verb be willing to concede
    yield; concede; grant.
    • I grant you this much
  4. verb give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
    cede; yield; concede; grant.
  5. verb acknowledge defeat
    concede.
    • The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose

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