Dictionary Check: concede

"concede" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 15 points

Definition

verb

admit (to a wrongdoing)

Example: "She confessed that she had taken the money"
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verb

be willing to concede

Example: "I grant you this much"
Synonyms:
verb

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Synonyms:
verb

acknowledge defeat

Example: "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"

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