01 n. The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or s…
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The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.“By mutual concession the business was adjusted.” — Hallam.
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A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.“This is therefore a concession, that he doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain.” — Sharp.“When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions.” — Swift.