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Concede

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

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Acknowledge 76% connected

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

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Admit 76% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Concord 76% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Concur 76% connected

To run together; to meet.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Surrender 76% connected

To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy…

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Forgive 76% connected

To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.

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Ceding 74% connected

of Cede

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Ceding 74% connected

of Cede

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Concession 74% connected

The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.

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Concession 74% connected

The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.

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Concessive 74% connected

Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction.

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Concessive 74% connected

Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction.

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Cede 92% connected

To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confess 92% connected

To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grant 92% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

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Profess 92% connected

To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yield 92% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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