concede
Other forms: conceded; concedes; conceding
If you concede something, you admit that it is true, proper, or certain — usually in an unwilling way and often in the context of a competition, as in "At midnight, the candidate finally conceded defeat."
In its most common senses, a near synonym of concede is acknowledge — if your mom is pointing out that you need sleep before the test, you should concede the truth of what she's saying. But another meaning of concede is to give away or grant something, as when an unpopular leader is unwilling to concede power. Concede is from Latin concēdere, from the prefix com-, "completely," plus cēdere, "to go along, grant, yield." The corresponding noun is concession.
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give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
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acknowledge defeat
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be willing to concede
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forgive
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
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condone, excuse
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
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absolve, free, justify
excuse or free from blame
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absolve, shrive
grant remission of a sin to
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remit
forgive
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pardon
grant a pardon to
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excuse, pardon
accept an excuse for
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admit (to a wrongdoing)
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fess up, make a clean breast of, own up
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
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acknowledge, admit
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
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fess up, make a clean breast of, own up
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High school senior Chloe Green has been working hard to become the valedictorian of Willowgrove Christian Academy, so when her main competition, Shara Wheeler, suddenly disappears, she is determined to find her and prove that the honor has been fairly earned.
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