concessive
About 0.08 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding.
- adjective Joining clauses while conceding some notion.
- noun A phrase or clause that acts as a concession, such as "even if" or "although".
Similar words
affirmative affirmatory conceding conditionals concessional concessionary conclusory consolational connotational condolent
Often followed by
clauses clause conditionals relation and meaning conditional connectives conjunction
Word family
concessively
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