concede
/kənˈsiːd/ verbDefinition
ADMIT [T] › to admit that something is true, even though you do not want to: [+ (that)] Even the company chairman concedes that the results are disappointing.
GIVE [I, T] › to allow someone to have something, even though you do not want to: We must try not to concede any more points to the opposition. The government will not concede to rebel demands.
concede defeat › to admit that you have lost a fight, argument, game, etc: The senator conceded defeat after the first few results were announced.
(Definition of concede verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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