Definition of "concede" []

• To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge. (verb-transitive)
• To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example). (verb-transitive)
• To make a concession: yield: The losing candidate conceded at midnight after the polls had closed. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In some ways, this would be worse for conservatives — unless Congress was also willing to repeal very popular regulations (which even conservatives concede is a non-starter), the result will be the bankruptcy of insurance companies and a paved road to socialized insurance."
• "David Hollander, also at South Florida, found some of the first plumes of the oil beneath the surface, something that government officials first disputed but now concede is real."
• "I think the paradox claim you concede is unnecessary."