'Concede' definitions:

Definition of 'concede'

verb

Admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess]

verb

Be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant]

verb

Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]

verb

Acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"

From: GCIDE

Concede \Con*cede"\ (k[o^]n*s[=e]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding.] [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. conc['e]der. See Cede.]
1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. [1913 Webster]
3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge. [1913 Webster]
We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. --Burke.
Syn: To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Concede \Con*cede"\, v. i. To yield or make concession. [1913 Webster]
I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. --Burke. [1913 Webster]