Concession1. (n.) The act of yielding to a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.
2. (n.) A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.
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