concede

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

I have to concede the argument.

He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.

To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge

Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused to concede his astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor.

On the other hand, she concedes that she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language.

To yield or make concession.

To have a goal or point scored against

I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid.

The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal.