I concede
Admit my defeat
I concede is a formal acknowledgment that you've lost or that your opponent is right.
Used when giving up a contest before the final result: I concede the election.
Also used in arguments to grant a point: I concede that you have a valid concern.
The phrase signals graceful acceptance of defeat or partial agreement.
- admitConfess or grant entry
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- white flagSignal of capitulation
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- give inCease resistance, concede
acknowledge · you win · defeat · admit defeat · relent · throw in the towel · accept · capitulate · grant · allow · submit · back down · retreat · lost cause · wave · forfeit · resign · loss
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- Resignationresign, resigned, I give up, I surrender, I yield
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I give up
- admissionsapplication, acceptance letter, admissions, application deadline, admissions committee
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
concede, concedes, conceded, conceding, concession, concessions, cede, cedes, ceded