concede

Verb

Meaning

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

yield allow grant surrender admit recognize permit submit acknowledge accord cede relinquish confess profess accede
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Antonyms

attack battle bear object vie bicker
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Hypernyms

concord give hold agree surrender admit

Hyponyms

forgive fess up own up make a clean breast of

Related terms

concession

Phrases with the word

concede defeat generally concede concede to concede possibility

Derivatives

conceded conceding

Examples

Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? Before God or, perhaps, before the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not before people. Among people, one must be conscious of one's dignity. Anton Chekhov

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction. Christopher Lasch

As anyone who has the slightest knowledge of my work knows, I have little in common with Larkin, who was tall, taciturn and thin-on-top, and unlike him I laugh, nay, sneer, in the face of death. I will concede one point: we are both lesbian poets. Carol Ann Duffy

You concede nothing to me and I have to concede everything to you. Thomas Hardy

The States should be urged to concede to the General Government, with a saving of chartered rights, the exclusive power of establishing banks of discount for paper. Thomas Jefferson

It isn't pleasant to surrender to the hegemony of a nation which is still wild and primitive, and to concede the absolute superiority of its customs and institutions, science and technology, literature and art. Must one sacrifice so much in the name of the unity of mankind? Czesław Miłosz

Close letter words and terms

concealment concealment revealer conceave concede defeat concede possibility concede to