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concede

con·cede

UK/kənˈsiːd/ US/kənˈsid/ uncommon

verb

1.

admit, make a clean breast of

  • “She confessed that she had taken the money”
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2.

be willing to concede

  • “I grant you this much”
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3.

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

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4.

acknowledge defeat

  • “The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose”

Origin

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin concēdō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cēdō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).

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