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concession

  • noun
  • con·ces·sion
  • /kənˈsɛʃən/

The act of conceding.

Other meanings

  1. An act of conceding, particularly

  2. A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.

Related words

  • anticoncession
  • concessionism
  • nonconcession
  • unconcession
  • concessionaire
  • concession-contraexpectation
  • concession-counter-expectation
  • concessional
  • concessionary
  • concessioner
  • concessionist
  • concession road

Word history

From Latin "concessiō" (a grant, permission, conceding).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “concession” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.