Both Uses of
concede
in
The House of Mirth
- Ah, lucky girls who grow up in the shelter of a mother's love—a mother who knows how to contrive opportunities without conceding favours, how to take advantage of propinquity without allowing appetite to be dulled by habit!†
Chpt 1.8 *
- Its hint of future leniency made Rosedale rise in obedience to it, a little flushed with his unhoped-for success, and disciplined by the tradition of his blood to accept what was conceded, without undue haste to press for more.†
Chpt 1.15
Definition:
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(concede as in: concede the point) to yield or admit -- usually after dispute