concede

verb

To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

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

To yield or make concession.

(sports) To have a goal or point scored against

(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Roots

cedo-cede · Latin · go, yield

Synonyms for concede

cedev confessv admitv grantn yieldv acknowledgev acceptv relinquishv avowv surrendern

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