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Conceding   /kənsˈidɪŋ/   Listen
Conceding

noun
1.
The act of conceding or yielding.  Synonyms: concession, yielding.



Concede

verb
(past & past part. conceded; pres. part. conceding)
1.
Admit (to a wrongdoing).  Synonyms: confess, profess.
2.
Be willing to concede.  Synonyms: grant, yield.
3.
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.  Synonyms: cede, grant, yield.
4.
Acknowledge defeat.






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"Conceding" Quotes from Famous Books



... was Bittern, a champion over seven furlongs, he could not quite stay the mile, and he was conceding ...
— The Rider in Khaki - A Novel • Nat Gould

... Harry Blew, seeing himself obliged to give way, and conceding the point with apparent reluctance; "if ye're all in favour o' steerin' up coast, I an't goin' to stand out against it. It be the same to me one way or t'other. Only I thought, an' still think, we'd do better by runnin' up ...
— The Flag of Distress - A Story of the South Sea • Mayne Reid

... certain data from which to argue, and I will first investigate the alleged homogeneity of the South. Conceding that every citizen of the two classes of Virginia, etc., and Delaware, etc., in 1790, was indisputably the descendant of an English cavalier, and that the increase of population found an outlet into the new Slave States, ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... to undergo sacrifice.... The wider the federation, the more benign its aspect on the whole world without, especially if the populations absorbed into it are heterogeneous in character, in pursuit, and in cultivation.... A federation resting on strict justice, conceding local freedom, but suppressing local wars and uniting its military force for national defence, is economic of military expenditure in time of peace in proportion to the magnitude ...
— Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman • Giberne Sieveking

... Unionist of the United Kingdom. Does he really contend that Ireland is incapable of receiving the same liberties as we are granting to India? Or will he make the wicked and dangerous suggestion that we are only conceding these things to India by force from fear of disorder, and in that way threaten the happy ...
— Home Rule - Second Edition • Harold Spender


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