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concessions

NOUN

yielding, adjustment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acknowledgment admission compromise deal grant permit privilege

STRONG

allowance assent authorization boon buyback confession copout indulgence permission rollback sellout surrender trade-off warrant

WEAK

giveback giving in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disagreement

STRONG

denial

WEAK

difference disputation fighting protest refusal repudiation

Example Sentences

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Gangs started taking control of Venezuela's mines after late socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez suspended all foreign mining concessions in 2011, Boon said.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The U.S. seeks concessions from Canada while declining to consider lowering or scrapping tariffs on key Canadian manufacturing sectors, Verheul said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

It is conceivable that all three men could reach a deal which involved economic concessions by China to the U.S.;

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

Notably absent from the report was any talk of Iranian concessions, especially on the all-important nuclear issue.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The exposition’s union carpenters, aware of their great value in this final phase of construction, seized the moment and walked off the job, demanding a minimum union wage and other long-sought concessions.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson