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conceded

[ kuhn-see-did ]

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adjective

allowed or admitted as true, proper, just, etc.:
A professional liar, when cornered, will strategically acknowledge a point without giving up the debate; those conceded points should form the basis of your response.
acknowledged without or before being officially confirmed:
That argument did not set a legal precedent, because it was a conceded point and not a legally established one.
In golf, a conceded putt is one your opponent gives you, without you completing the shot.
granted or yielded in a negotiation:
Later that year, the oil company returned with security guards to install its equipment on the conceded territory.

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We conceded three of the four tries with 14 men.

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The council conceded that they had a legal obligation to provide male and female facilities at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

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But at the Court of Session in Edinburgh the council conceded that they had a legal obligation to provide male and female facilities.

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He conceded that Democrats running for governor aren’t campaigning in the best of times, or benefiting from a whole lot of goodwill.

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Last season he had conceded 62 goals in 28 Premier League games, with only two clean sheets.

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