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concede

/kənˈsiːd/

verb

Meaning

  • To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

    "He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win."

  • To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

  • To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

  • To yield or make concession.

  • To have a goal or point scored against

  • (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

Synonyms

let in,
capitulate,
give up,
accede,
come around,
give way