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conceding

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con·cede  (kn-sd)
v. con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes
v.tr.
1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge.
2. To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
v.intr.
To make a concession: yield: The losing candidate conceded at midnight after the polls had closed.

[French concéder, from Latin concdere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + cdere, to yield; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

con·ceded·ly (-sdd-l) adv.
con·ceder n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.conceding - the act of conceding or yielding
assent, acquiescence - agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly"
bye, pass - you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"


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"Very well," replied Tarzan, for he knew that he could trust them to carry out any sinister threat that Paulvitch had made, and there was a bare chance that by conceding their demands he might save the boy.
The elder Wakem was made moody by an accumulation of annoyance; the disappointment in this young Jetsome, to whom, apparently, he was a good deal attached, had been followed close by the catastrophe to his son's hopes after he had done violence to his own strong feeling by conceding to them, and had incautiously mentioned this concession in St.
I insist on your conceding something, on your side, in return.
 
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