CONCEDE

[verb] - to admit, often unwillingly, (that something is true), or to allow (something)The Government has conceded (that) the new tax policy has been a disaster. [+ (that) clause]I concede (that) he's clever, but I still think that he's boring. [+](that) clause]"It won't be easy," he conceded. [+ speech]The president is not expected to concede (= allow) these reforms. [T]He is not willing to concede (= allow anyone else to have) any of his power/authority. [T]Britain conceded (= allowed) independence to India in 1948. [T]With two players injured and three others removed from the game, the football team conceded (= admitted) defeat. [T]See also concession.If you concede, you admit that you have lost in a competition.She conceded even before all the votes had been counted.If a team or a person concedes a point or a game, it means that they allow the other team or person to win the point or game.The team conceded two goals (to the other side) in the first five minutes of the game.If a country concedes land, it gives it to another country.After the war, the country was forced to concede a lot of their territory.