CONCEDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conceding mean? 

• CONCEDING (noun)
  The noun CONCEDING has 1 sense:

1. the act of conceding or yielding

  Familiarity information: CONCEDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCEDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of conceding or yielding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

conceding; concession; yielding

Hypernyms ("conceding" is a kind of...):

acquiescence; assent (agreement with a statement or proposal to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conceding"):

bye; pass (an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent)

Derivation:

concede (be willing to concede)

concede (acknowledge defeat)

concede (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another)