concede
(verb)
verb
1. admit (to a wrongdoing)
- She confessed that she had taken the money
Similar word(s): confess, profess
Definition categories: communication, acknowledge, admit
2. be willing to concede
Definition categories: communication, agree, concord, concur, hold
3. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Similar word(s): cede, grant, yield
Definition categories: possession, give
4. acknowledge defeat
- The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose
Definition categories: competition, surrender
Sentences with concede as a verb:
- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.