vverb.communicationadmit (to a wrongdoing)Synset:confess profess
Examples:- She confessed that she had taken the money
Derivationally Related Form:professionconfessorconfession
Hypernyms:acknowledge admit
Inherited Hypernyms:concedeadmitdeclareevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:fess upmake a clean breast ofown up
Full Troponyms:make a clean breast of
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.communicationbe willing to concedeSynset:grant yield
Derivationally Related Form:concessiveconcedingyieldingconcession
Hypernyms:agree concord concur hold
Inherited Hypernyms:concedeagree
Direct Hyponyms:forgive
Full Troponyms:absolveamnestyexcuseforgivefrankjustifypardonremitshrivewash one's hands
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s to somebody | Somebody ---s somebody something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | Somebody ---s (apply to: concede, yield)
vverb.possessiongive over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of anotherSynset:cede grant yield
Derivationally Related Form:cessionconcedingconcession
Hypernyms:give
Inherited Hypernyms:concedegivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.competitionacknowledge defeatExamples:- The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose
Derivationally Related Form:concedingconcession
Hypernyms:give up surrender
Inherited Hypernyms:concedesurrenderyield
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s