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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. admit (to a wrongdoing);
- Example: "She confessed that she had taken the money"
[syn: concede, profess, confess]

2. be willing to concede;
- Example: "I grant you this much"
[syn: concede, yield, grant]

3. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another;
[syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]

4. acknowledge defeat;
- Example: "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Concede \Con*cede"\ (k[o^]n*s[=e]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding.] [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. conc['e]der. See Cede.] 1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. [1913 Webster] 3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge. [1913 Webster] We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. --Burke. Syn: To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Concede \Con*cede"\, v. i. To yield or make concession. [1913 Webster] I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

concede v 1: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess] 2: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant] 3: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 4: acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"