unconcede

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ concede.

Verb

unconcede (third-person singular simple present unconcedes, present participle unconceding, simple past and past participle unconceded)

  1. To retract a prior concession.
    • 2000 November 9, Toby Harnden, Ben Fenton, “One amazing night on the rollercoaster”, in The Telegraph:
      Sensing a lifeline, Mr Gore ordered Mr Daley to phone Don Evans, his counterpart in Austin, and warn him that the Vice-President was about to "unconcede".
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:unconcede.
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