conceded Definition

concede
verb conceded, conceding

1. To admit to be true or correct.

Thesaurus: acknowledge, admit, grant, allow, confess, accept; Antonym: dispute, deny.
2. To give or grant.
3. To yield or give up.

Thesaurus: yield, cede, relinquish, surrender, forfeit.
intr
4. To admit defeat in (a contest, etc) before, or without continuing to, the end.

Derivative: conceder
noun

Idiom: concede defeat

To admit to being beaten.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin concedere to yield.