Con*ces"sion (?), n. [L. concessio, fr. concedere: cf. F. concession. See Concede.]
1.
The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.
By mutual concession the business was adjusted.
Hallam.
2.
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.
This is therefore a concession , that he doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain.
Sharp.
When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions.
Swift.
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