concede implicitly
Frequency: 3.51.1 per million words
To admit, often unwillingly, that something is true without explicitly stating it.
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- By staying silent, she appeared to implicitly concede his point.
- The manager would never openly admit fault, but he did implicitly concede his mistake through his actions.
- His reluctance to argue further was taken as him implicitly conceding the debate.
- Even without a direct apology, his changed behavior implicitly conceded his responsibility.
- Through subtle nods and a lack of objection, the committee members implicitly conceded to the new proposal.
- She didn't vocalize agreement, but her smile seemed to implicitly concede the victory.
- The government's decision to delay the project implicitly conceded that there were unforeseen problems.
- After much resistance, he finally implicitly conceded that his original plan was flawed.
- Her quiet acceptance of the new rules implicitly conceded that she had lost the argument.
- Their lack of counter-arguments allowed them to implicitly concede the opponent's stronger position.