What is the meaning of concede?

verb

  • Admit (to a wrongdoing. )
    • usage: "She confessed that she had taken the money"
  • Be willing to concede.
    • usage: "I grant you this much"
  • Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.
  • Acknowledge defeat.
    • usage: "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
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