concession
nounHow many syllables in concession?
There are 3 syllables in the word concession.How to pronounce concession:
Definition of concession:
- concession (noun):
- something conceded
- a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business.
- the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
Synonyms for concession:
accommodation
adjustment
agreement
bargain
compromise
conceding
consensus
contract
franchise
give-and-take
grant
half measures
negotiation
settlement
trade-off
yielding
Antonyms for concession:
backchat
backtalk
balkiness
bellicosity
contrariness
contumacy
defiance
denial
difference
disagreement
disavowal
disobedience
disputation
disputatiousness
dissension
dissent
feistiness
fight
fighting
frowardness
insubordination
intractability
intractableness
non-compliance
non-nonconformity
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- concerning
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- concentrates
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- complaining
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- commonly
- committees
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- commensals
- comeuppance
- comedic
- combative
- columnar
- colossus
- colossians
- colonies
- colombe
- colloquy
- collectors
- cognisance
- cofounder
- coercion
- coeliac
- codicil
- cocotte
- cockerel
- cockatiel
- coachella
- coachable
- clinique
- clinician
- clergyman
- clavier
- clavial
- clattering
- classical
- clarissa
- clarendon
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