Concession
concession (?), n. (L.concessio, fr. concedere: cf. F. concession.
See Concede.) 1. The act of conceding
or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and
thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or
spontaneous.
By mutual concession the business was
adjusted.
Hallam.
2. A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or
admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a
privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to
build a canal.
This is therefore a concession, that he
doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain.
Sharp.
When a lover becomes satisfied by small
compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular
assemblies content with small concessions.
Swift.
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