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yield
To produce or bear
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  1. To produce or bear
  2. To produce a return for effort or investment:
  3. To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender:
grant
To transfer rights in real or personal property; in litigation, accession by the court to a party’s request made by motion or pleading.
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  1. To transfer rights in real or personal property; in litigation, accession by the court to a party’s request made by motion or pleading.
  2. To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested):
  3. To give or confer officially or formally:
acknowledge
To recognize the authority or claims of
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  1. To recognize the authority or claims of
  2. (Law) To admit or affirm as genuine; certify in legal form
  3. (Law) To accept or certify as legally binding:
acknowledge
To state that one has received (a letter, gift, favor, payment, etc.)
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  1. To state that one has received (a letter, gift, favor, payment, etc.)
  2. (Law) To admit or affirm as genuine; certify in legal form
  3. (Law) To accept or certify as legally binding:
admit
To allow; leave room for
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  1. To allow; leave room for
  2. To permit to enter or use; let in
  3. To allow or warrant
avow
To acknowledge or declare openly and unashamedly:
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  1. To acknowledge or declare openly and unashamedly:
  2. To acknowledge or claim (oneself) to be
  3. To declare openly or admit frankly
confess
(Eccles.) To take part in public confession or make one's confession to a priest
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  1. (Eccles.) To take part in public confession or make one's confession to a priest
  2. To hear the confession of (a person)
  3. To admit a fault or crime; acknowledge one's guilt
grant
To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
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  1. To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
  2. To give or confer officially or formally:
  3. To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested):
own
To possess; hold as personal property; have
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  1. To possess; hold as personal property; have
  2. To admit as being in accordance with fact, truth, or a claim; acknowledge:
  3. To admit; recognize; acknowledge
fess up
(Informal) To admit or acknowledge something; confess
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  1. (Informal) To admit or acknowledge something; confess
  2. Alternative form of fess up.
allow
To assert; declare:
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  1. To assert; declare:
  2. To permit the presence of:
  3. To let do or happen; permit:
accord
To grant or concede; bestow
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  1. To grant or concede; bestow
  2. (Archaic) To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.
  3. To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate:
award
The final decision of an arbitrator. The final decision of an arbitrator. The final decision of a court, jury, or administrative tribunal granting damages or other relief to a party. To formally grant such relief. See also confirmation, judgment, and order.
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  1. The final decision of an arbitrator. The final decision of an arbitrator. The final decision of a court, jury, or administrative tribunal granting damages or other relief to a party. To formally grant such relief. See also confirmation, judgment, and order.
  2. To give as the result of judging the relative merits of those in competition; grant
  3. To give by the decision of a law court or arbitrator
give
To place in the hands of; pass:
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  1. To place in the hands of; pass:
  2. To accord or tender to another:
  3. To perform for an audience:
grant
To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested):
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  1. To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested):
  2. To give or confer officially or formally:
  3. To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
vouchsafe
To receive or accept in condescension.
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  1. To receive or accept in condescension.
  2. To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
  3. To be gracious enough or condescend to give or grant
compromise
To settle or adjust by concessions on both sides
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  1. To settle or adjust by concessions on both sides
  2. To settle by mutual concessions:
  3. To weaken or give up (one's principles, ideals, etc.) as for reasons of expediency
give in
(Of a pugilist) to droop the head
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  1. (Of a pugilist) to droop the head
  2. To collapse or fall
  3. (Idiomatic) to relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat
yield
To produce a return for effort or investment:
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  1. To produce a return for effort or investment:
  2. To produce or bear
  3. To produce
Find another word for concede. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for concede, like: yield, grant, acknowledge, admit, allow, yield, acknowledge, admit, avow, confess and grant.

Sentence Examples

  • They started to concede defeat in the war.

  • One more thing she would concede to when they were alone, was selecting some furniture.

  • I'll happily concede that I never heard it all the way through.

  • Turkey was willing to concede the fullest local autonomy, but not to abandon its sovereign rights over the island.

  • When will the agency concede that the number of native speakers is down?

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