Antonyms for concession

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh n-sesh-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsɛʃ ən

Definition of concession

Origin : mid-15c., from Old French concession (14c.) or directly from Latin concessionem (nominative concessio) "an allowing, conceding," noun of action from past participle stem of concedere (see concede). Meaning "right or privilege granted by government" is from 1650s. "Refreshment stand" sense is from 1910.

noun yielding, adjustment

Example sentences :

But how can you expect, when there must be a concession on one side, that it should be on theirs?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

And what concession she had gained from her dear child to merit this tenderness?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Hence the concession, and hence the appearance of Flora, piloted in by the man, man.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

This last was a concession to Jan, who hated the extinguisher.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

But this was a concession to morality, it formed no part of his main scheme.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

The man looked at him with pleased surprise, and made the concession.
Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable

But Wilding made no concession to hopes or desires when he dealt with facts.
Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

But have you parted with the concession, then, that you bought from me?
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

It was a concession—and concessions were immemorially worth what they would fetch.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

You say nothing about anything else—about me, or the history of the concession, or its validity, or anything.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Synonyms for concession

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