concede meaning and definition

CONCEDE verb

Definition of concede (verb)

1. admit (to a wrongdoing)
   • "She confessed that she had taken the money"
   • synonyms: confess, profess
2. be willing to concede
   • "I grant you this much"
   • synonyms: grant, yield
3. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
   • synonyms: cede, grant, yield
4. acknowledge defeat
   • "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"