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

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concessions

Two other Republicans who had threatened Blanche’s nomination, Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, ultimately voted to confirm him after extracting concessions.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

If you only apply to jobs where AI is being used to create code, consider making other concessions.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Argos will keep all of those concessions after the takeover, and customers will continue to get Nectar loyalty card points for all their purchases.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Tillis and Cornyn get useful concessions from Trump’s Attorney General nominee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The concessions didn’t look like the rest of China.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz