Concessive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of the nature of or containing a concession.
  • adj. Grammar Expressing concession, as the conjunction though.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Implying concession.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of or containing a concession or an admission, as the surrender of some disputed or disputable point.
  • Specifically, in grammar, marking or stating a condition as something which may be granted without destroying a conclusion: as, a concessive particle; a concessive sentence.
  • n. A particle implying concession. See I.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or pertaining to concession
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