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