concede

About 2.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

   I have to concede the argument.

2. verb To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. verb To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
4. verb To yield or make concession.
5. verb To have a goal or point scored against

   I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.

6. verb (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Similar words

yield cede grant confess profess surrender admit give waive compromise

Often followed by

that the to a this it defeat any in

Word family

conceded concededly conceder conceders concedes conceding