concession
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5.1
- noun
- /kənˈsɛʃən/
:
concesión
- The company offered a concession on the price after hearing the customer's concerns.
- make concessions
- government concessions
- offer concessions
I love concession speeches because it shows the heart.
- I love concession speeches because it shows the heart.
- And I thought her concession speech was really what the heart and soul of America is.
- I can also see it going the other direction where he's less attached to it and is more likely to make concessions.
- And so if we're going to make the concession of all right, he is not there financially yet.
- Their willingness to give more concession was a much a better one and you could achieve more.
- And but it was a concession to the short term imperative to those who don't think Washington is living within its means.
Examples
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But his concession speech was considered, by many, to be electrifying and has made him the obvious front runner in the 2010 Senate race.
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The French considered the Jay Treaty to be a concession to Great Britain and unfriendly to France.
Academic text (1993) -
In the circumstances, a concession might be in order.
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I'll make any concession, but you must come with me.
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We do have to make concessions to the war.
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And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.
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Some of you want to make concessions.
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All other issues, including environmental protection, have to give way or make concessions to this first priority.
Academic text (1994) -
But as a concession to me for my cooperation, I would like you all to refer to me from now on as The Lonesome Kid.
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The prime minister's speech may have amounted to nothing more than a concession to popular sentiment.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
100
3.2
Stopping trying because you think you cannot succeed
77
4.2
Giving up after defeat, for example when an army stops fighting
57
4.2
Accepting another person's control by obeying them
11
8.5
Agreeing to something without complaining even if you do not want to
5
8.3
Giving up in a fight or war under agreed terms
3
8.6
A small thing given to calm someone who is angry or unhappy
2
8.2
An official act of giving up a right, claim, or thing you own
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8.2
The act of giving up a right, position, or responsibility
1
7.7
Giving up a right, job, or thing you own
1
8.9
To give up a right, title, or claim in a formal way
Admitting you have lost or accepting that others are right
An act of ending an argument by accepting the other person's view
An act of saying you were wrong or changing your view
Antonyms
Compounds
How Yielding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Concession comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and cedere 'to go or yield' and is like the word concede. So a concession is the act of giving in or accepting someone else's point to let a discussion move forward.