What is the meaning of conceding?

noun

• The act of conceding or yielding.
  • synonyms: concession, yielding

verb

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