What are some opposite words for concede?
Antonyms for concede
kənˈsidcon·cede
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
concede
We allow that which we do not attempt to hinder; we permit that to which we give some express authorization. When this is given verbally it is called permission; when in writing it is commonly called a permit. There are establishments that any one will be allowed to visit without challenge or hindrance; there are others that no one is allowed to visit without a permit from the manager; there are others to which visitors are admitted at specified times, without a formal permit. We allow a child's innocent intrusion; we concede a right; grant a request; consent to a sale of property; permit an inspection of accounts; sanction a marriage; tolerate the rudeness of a well-meaning servant; submit to a surgical operation; yield to a demand or necessity against our wish or will, or yield something under compulsion; as, the sheriff yielded the keys at the muzzle of a revolver, and allowed the mob to enter. Suffer, in the sense of mild concession, is now becoming rare, its place being taken by allow, permit, or tolerate. Compare PERMISSION.
See also synonyms for PROHIBIT.
Antonyms:
deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstandSynonyms:
admit, allow, consent to, grant, let, permit, sanction, suffer, tolerate, yieldPreposition:
To allow of (in best recent usage, simply to allow) such an action; allow one in such a course; allow for spending-money.
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Princeton's WordNet
concede, profess, confessverb
admit (to a wrongdoing)
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
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yield, cede, confess, pretend, grant, profess, fink, squealconcede, yield, grantverb
be willing to concede
"I grant you this much"
Synonyms:
ease up, grant, give way, pay, bear, return, allow, confess, allot, afford, knuckle under, give in, succumb, soften, give, move over, deed over, generate, cede, buckle under, yield, profess, award, render, relent, accordconcede, yield, cede, grantverb
give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Synonyms:
ease up, grant, give way, pay, deliver, bear, surrender, return, allow, confess, allot, afford, knuckle under, give in, succumb, soften, give, give up, move over, deed over, generate, cede, buckle under, yield, profess, award, render, relent, accordconcedeverb
acknowledge defeat
"The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
How to use concede in a sentence?
If it's not, I won't concede.
I would concede I should have done more.
We will never concede.
I don't think they have any hope of prevailing in the guilt phase, but their strategy will continue to be to gain some credibility with the jury by conceding what they had to concede and hoping to try to humanize the kid a little bit so that will carry over into the second phase of the trial.
When it comes to the future, we will either SEED or we will concede.
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