conceding

Meaning of conceding

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.
    I had to concede that I'd overreacted
    ‘All right then,’ she conceded
  2. surrender or yield (a possession, right, or privilege).
    in 475 the emperor conceded the Auvergne to Euric

late 15th century: from French concéder or Latin concedere, from con- ‘completely’ + cedere ‘yield’.

Information about conceding

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of conceding

con-ced-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • conceding is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

conceding synonyms

Meaning concession:

concession, yielding

Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:

admit

Meaning accept or admit the existence or truth of:

acknowledge

Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):

accept

Meaning admit the truth of; concede:

allow

Meaning agree to give or allow (something requested) to:

grant

Meaning acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of:

recognize

Meaning admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way:

own

Meaning acknowledge something reluctantly, typically because one feels slightly ashamed or embarrassed:

confess

Meaning have the same opinion about something; concur:

agree

Meaning stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority:

surrender

Meaning produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product):

yield

Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:

relinquish

Meaning give up (power or territory):

cede

Meaning lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing:

forfeit

Meaning offer or kill as a religious sacrifice:

sacrifice

conceding antonyms

Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:

deny

Meaning continue to have (something); keep possession of:

retain

Meaning obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable):

gain

Words that rhyme with conceding

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