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• (concede)- to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit, ( ,
, ); Either way, even when we lose a battle we
should not concede defeat in the war;
• (concession)- the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a
point or fact in an argument, ( , ,
); He got a concession from the
Portuguese Government and work began. — An African Adventure;
• (discount)- disregard, ( ); Verify that your discount was accepted before
you go ahead and finish the check out process;
• (rebate)- a return of part of the original payment for some service or
merchandise; partial refund, ( ; ; ); The deadline for
submitting the application for the rebate is three years after the end of a
taxation year;
reject, cancel, shun, abandon, outcast, hermit
abjure adjure
• (abjure)- to renounce or give up under oath; forswear, (( , ,
) ); If
they made her seem to abjure, that would free her from the death-penalty. —
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2;
• (adjure)- to command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath; I am now going to
give my whole soul to oysters, and I adjure you by our bonds to do the same.
— Without a Home;
abjure = recant = retract = rebuff = disclaim = forswear {waive}
• (recant)- to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), esp.
formally; retract, (( , ) , ); He is so
obstinate that he will not recant -- " — The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of
Ancient Rome;
• (retract)- to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or
unjustified, esp. formally or explicitly; take back, (( , )
, ); They repaired to the monastery to make their
protest, and to demand that Fray Antonio should retract or modify his words
the following Sunday. — Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and
writings;