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What is the verb for concession?

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concede
  1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
  2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
  3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
  4. To yield or make concession.
  5. (sports) To have a goal or point scored against
  6. (cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Kuhn who argues that major breakthroughs occur only after scientists finally concede that certain physical phenomena cannot be explained by extending the logic of old theories.”
      “He did concede that he was a consultant to Pagetus and that he attempted to develop capital sources for the company in Europe while he was a fugitive.”
      “He was willing, time and time again, to turn the party upside down rather than concede to his opponents.”
concession
  1. To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
concedes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concede
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Glass concedes it is harder not to become more cynical about the game as he gets older.”
      “Three reds remain but Hendry surprisingly concedes to leave his opponent just one frame from victory.”
      “There is a case, he concedes, for the alternative vote, a one, two, three listing of candidates in order of preference.”
concedeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of concede
concedest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of concede
conceded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of concede
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Eddington readily conceded that the company's assumptions may quickly be blown off course.”
      “The batsmen were also helped by some wayward bowling with 61 extras, including 40 wides, being conceded.”
      “He has pretty much conceded that he drank too much before he turned 40, in 1986, and he has been on the wagon since.”
conceding
  1. present participle of concede
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  3. Examples:
    1. “And how often can you remember Bill Gates conceding defeat to little Apple?”
      “These stars have nothing to lose and are far from conceding races to the Chasers.”
      “Does he think charging around needlessly conceding possession and struggling uselessly to win it back is the way forward?”
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