What does conceding mean?
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con·ced·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
concession, conceding, yieldingnoun
the act of conceding or yielding
ChatGPT
conceding
Conceding generally refers to the act of acknowledging or admitting something, often after initially denying or resisting it. It can also mean agreeing to surrender or giving up certain rights, privileges, or points in an argument or competition. This term is often used in legal, political, and sports contexts.
Webster Dictionary
Conceding
of Concede
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of conceding in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of conceding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of conceding in a Sentence
I don't think they have any hope of prevailing in the guilt phase, but their strategy will continue to be to gain some credibility with the jury by conceding what they had to concede and hoping to try to humanize the kid a little bit so that will carry over into the second phase of the trial.
Dan Barker, "Losing Faith in Faith", 1992:
Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits.
I'd rather have the guy over here who's trying to get me the best deal possible, instead of conceding from the start, and maybe America needs scaring a little bit.
We had one, two good chances to equalize but did not manage it. That's a real shame. We knew they had fast players and wanted to defend high up the pitch, that brings the danger of conceding on the counter, which had happened before the break.
You ca n’t just concede parts of your territory, it's like conceding freedom, even if we would consider [ it ], the aggressor would not stop at that.
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