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concede

verb abide by, accede, accept, acquiesce, affirm, agree, agree in principle, allow, arrive at an agreement, assent, be persuaded, come to terms, comply with, concedere, consent, endorse, endure, give in, grant, impart, permit, permittere, profess, recognize, sanction, settle, submit, submit to, succumb, withdraw one's objections, yield
Associated concepts: conceded facts
Foreign phrases: Qui concedit aliquid, concedere videtur et id sine quo concessio est irrita, sine quo res ipsa esse non potuit.He who concedes anything is considered as conceding that without which his concession would be idle, without which the thing itself is worthless.

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'I'd like to concede and congratulate all those who won the elections.

Otso Diretso's Gutoc, Tanada, Hilbay concede

Up until the December fixture against Burnley, in which Gomez suffered his injury, the Reds had conceded just six goals, despite being expected to concede 12.7 based on shots from the opposing team.

Liverpool will miss Joe Gomez - but there's proof Jurgen Klopp's defence can cope; Josh Williams takes a closer look at Joe Gomez's impact at Anfield - and why the Reds can cope just fine in his absence

Turin: Veteran defender Giorgio Chiellini has urged Juventus to recover their defensive solidity as he vowed not to concede a goal in their crucial match against Serie A leaders Napoli away on Friday.

Chiellini urges Juventus to improve defence

"Maybe it was a bit naive to concede the goals the way we did.

THE BRADY CRUNCH; GROUP E; Robbie: Italian clash is now our cup final but we can't afford to be as naive as we were today

They do concede fewer goals against them though when Krul between the sticks, 2.1 per game as opposed to 2.6 per game.

Tim Krul injury: Stats suggest Newcastle United not too worse off without keeper; A Trinity Mirror Data Unit study shows that Newcastle are not much better off with Tim Krul in goal than without him - here's what the study shows

"With a team like this you are always taking risks and if you make a mistake you concede a goal," he added.

'Generous' defence alarms Italian team

We didn't score, but we can't concede a counter-attack like this.

Mancini: Defeat is strange

1 : to admit to be true <The candidate had to concede defeat.>

concede

While Justice Scalia does not concede that we have executed an innocent person, he does acknowledge the risk of that happening, albeit one that is so small that it's barely there.

The elephant in the room

Under the new guidelines the IRS will not settle unless taxpayers concede (agree to the disallowance of) 100% of the claimed losses or deductions, reduced only by the amount of transaction costs up to 10% of such claimed losses or deductions.

Tax notes

As explained in TEI's Comments Foster Taxpayer Victories in Pennsylvania, there were positive indications that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had decided to concede two cases involving the issue of when deferred compensation becomes subject to the Commonwealth's personal income tax.

Deferred compensation in Pennsylvania: clarification and update

It is reasonable not to concede adjustments until adequate substantiation is received and the items in question are verified.