minimal concessions
Smallest possible compromises
Minimal concessions are the smallest possible allowances or compromises made under pressure, often grudgingly: The company offered minimal concessions to strikers—a token raise and nothing more.
The phrase suggests yielding just enough to satisfy demands or appearances while preserving one's core position.
In negotiations, making only minimal concessions signals unwillingness to budge significantly.
- grudgingReluctant, resentful in giving
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- limitedRestricted in extent
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- split the differenceAgree on midpoint amount
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minimal concessionscapitulation
Complete yielding to demands
unconditional surrender · bending over backwards · rolling over · appeasement · caving in
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