1) Acknowledge 2) Acknowledge an election loss 3) Acknowledge as true 4) Acknowledge defeat 5) Admit 6) Be willing to concede 7) Confess 8) French word used in English 9) Give over 10) Give up 11) Grant 12) Profess 13) To acknowledge 14) To admit to be true 15) To grant 16) To make concession of 17) To surrender 1) Admit 2) Allow 3) Cede 4) Forgive 5) Grant 6) Own up to 7) Yield 
• (v. t.) To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. • (v. t.) To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. • (v. i.) To yield or make concession. • (v. t.) To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
Con·cede' intransitive verb To yield or make concession. « I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke. » Con·cede' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conceded ; present participle & verbal noun Conceding .] [ Latin concedere , concessum ; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: confer French ...
[v] - give over 2. [v] - acknowledge defeat 3. [v] - make a clean breast of 4. [v] - be willing to concede
verb be willing to concede; `I grant you this much` verb admit, make a clean breast of; `She confessed that she had taken the money`
[SAT terms] admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly