CONCEDING Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

conceding

verb

present participle of concede

as in admitting

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly she grudgingly conceded his point

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as in succumbing

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) he conceded as soon as it became clear that he could not win

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Recent Examples of conceding Scott Parker’s side were also the first in English football to complete an entire season without ever conceding more than once in a league game. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Coached by Vasil Ristov, Current II went 7-2-1 in regular-season play, scoring 36 goals while conceding just six. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 Spanish captain Rodri was crowned the Golden Ball winner as best player, while goalkeeper Unai Simón won the Golden Glove after conceding just one goal during Spain’s eight games. — Peter Weber, TheWeek, 20 July 2026 And Simón, for his part, delivered by conceding only one goal all the way to the final. — Juan Claudio Matossian, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026 Japan matched France physically in the first half and trailed 28-15 at halftime but lost touch on the scoreboard after conceding two tries early in the second. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 France has bludgeoned the opposition, scoring 16 goals while conceding just two. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 La Roja has beaten Belgium in their past five meetings, conceding only once. — David Hickey, NBC news, 10 July 2026 At the end of April, Mills, who is 78, suspended her campaign, essentially conceding the Democratic nomination to Platner. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

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Security budgets follow demonstrated failure, and July produced three demonstrations in ten days, from the three companies with the most to lose by admitting it.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Netflix has been sued after admitting that an unencrypted drive containing an unreleased, hotly anticipated 2026 blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage was stolen from its offices.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

Definition of admitting

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Petey Halpin almost tagged Jackson for a two-out homer, the ball instead succumbing to gravity near the warning track.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026
The nightmare grows more and more fierce as guests venture through the haunted house, encountering ferocious Deadites around every turn before succumbing to the evil forces themselves.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 July 2026

Definition of succumbing

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The second season of the Netflix hit ended on a cliffhanger with Jackie (Rodriguez) and Cole (LaLonde) finally confessing their feelings for each other, but Cole’s brother — and Jackie’s boyfriend — Alex (Gentry) hears the confession.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
During her trial, prosecutors played a recording of Yang confessing to Reuter's murder to a friend who was wearing a wire.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of confessing

Verb

Though Springs’ outing was particularly rough Friday, Kotsay said his ability to escape the fourth inning, which saw the Tigers load the bases with one out, after only surrendering one run, was a positive takeaway.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
But at the same time, there was something in really wanting to challenge myself and just surrendering to having the experience of being that person, that felt artistically really satisfying and kind of liberating.

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrendering

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Infantino cited unity as the reason for his retreat, acknowledging the plan's unsustainability.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Ahead of the six-month anniversary of her mother’s disappearance, the journalist shared a video to Instagram, acknowledging how much time has passed without any suspects identified.

— Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of acknowledging

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Election officials say July 30 was the highest turnout day so far for early in-person voting, with 15,965 voters submitting ballots.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
According to a source at HBO, there wasn’t much consideration given to submitting A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms as a comedy.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of submitting

Verb

Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation on Saturday, bowing to mounting pressure after tens of thousands of students and supporters took to the streets demanding his removal and sweeping reforms to India’s examination system.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Winds gusted up to 80 miles per hour, bowing palm trees and knocking down power lines that sparked the fires.

— Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026