conceded
Admitted the loss
Conceded is the past tense of concede, meaning to acknowledge something reluctantly or admit defeat.
You concede a point in an argument when you accept its validity: She conceded that he had a point.
In competitions, to concede is to accept loss before the final result: The candidate conceded the election.
To concede something to an opponent is to yield it: They conceded two goals in the first half.
Accepted as true
- confessedAdmitted wrongdoing openly
- grantedGiven or allowed officially
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- recognizedPerceived as familiar
avowed · owned · allowed · professed · disclosed · yielded · acquiesced · assented
Ceased resistance formally
- yieldedGave way or produced
- capitulatedCeased resistance, conceded
- forfeitedLost through violation
- lostUnable to navigate
gave up · succumbed · submitted · caved · quit · abandoned · relinquished · withdrawn
Given or allowed officially
- acknowledgedAccepted as true
- allowedGranted permission to proceed
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- agreedShared the same view
admitted · recognized · stipulated · point taken · fair enough · valid · backed down · deferred
acknowledged
Accepted as true
recognized · avowed · owned · allowed · professed · disclosed · yielded · acquiesced · assented · capitulated
surrendered
Ceased resistance formally
- yieldedGave way or produced
- capitulatedCeased resistance, conceded
- forfeitedLost through violation
lost · gave up · succumbed · submitted · caved · quit · abandoned · relinquished · withdrawn · thrown in the towel
granted
Given or allowed officially
- acknowledgedAccepted as true
- allowedGranted permission to proceed
- acceptedFormally agreed to
agreed · admitted · recognized · stipulated · point taken · fair enough · valid · backed down · deferred · retracted
goal
Desired end result
foul · advantage · lead · game · match · set · overtime · own goal · walked · free kick
- speech verbssaid, says, asked, answered, replied
- agreement wordsyes, okay, agree, agreed, accord
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, submitted, caved
- losersloser, failure, runner-up, flop, beaten
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
- game statespaused, loading, ended, active, finished