Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conceding"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Concede \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

conceding
adj : making for or being a concession [syn: {concessive}, {conceding(a)}]
n : the act of conceding or yielding [syn: {concession}, {yielding}]


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