concedencen.
/kənˈsiːd(ə)ns/, U.S. /kənˈsid(ə)ns/ The action of conceding; concession, agreement.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun] > compliance
concession1473
ottroye1480
yielding1597
condescendence1638
compliancy1643
compliance1647
comportance1648
condescension1650
acquiescence1654
condescending1656
condescendment1693
concedence1748
concessiveness1872
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxii. 129 Terms..accepted upon a mutual concedence; They to give up Solmes; She to give up me.
1782 Gen. Advertiser 3 May He forcibly argued the difference between honorable concedence and constrained humiliation.
1835 Metrop. Mag. Dec. 403 His humility in all that regards himself, his noble concedence of the palm to others.
1876 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 19 June 1/2 (advt.) Their prompt concedence of our request of six shillings per day as our wages.
1906 Painter & Decorator July 455/2 Blacksmiths report a general concedence to their demands for increased wages and better conditions.
2007 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 4 Oct. b1 Part of the concedence we got for closing the section line was based on having a park the public can use.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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