concedes
Gives the point
Concedes means to admit or acknowledge something, often reluctantly: She concedes that the plan has flaws.
In competition, to concede is to accept defeat before the final result, as when a candidate concedes an election.
To concede a point in debate is to grant its validity.
One can also concede something tangible—territory, advantage, a goal: The defense conceded two penalties.
Ceases resistance formally
- capitulatesYields to demands
- relinquishesVoluntarily gives up control
- cedesFormally surrenders control
- forfeitsLoses through violation
submits · defers · resigns · succumbs · relents · retreats · withdraws · backs down
surrenders
Ceases resistance formally
- capitulatesYields to demands
- relinquishesVoluntarily gives up control
- cedesFormally surrenders control
forfeits · submits · defers · resigns · succumbs · relents · retreats · withdraws · backs down · gives in
acknowledges
Confirms awareness of something
discloses · reveals · accepts · grants · recognizes · allows · affirms · confirms · professes · avows
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- attributionattributed to, cited, according to, per, via