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CONCEDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of conceding or yielding
Synonyms:
conceding; concession; yielding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conceding" is a kind of...):
acquiescence; assent (agreement with a statement or proposal to do something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conceding"):
bye; pass (an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent)
Derivation:
concede (be willing to concede)
concede (acknowledge defeat)
concede (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb concede
