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concessio

UK/kənˈsɛsi.əʊ/US/kənˈsɛsi.oʊ/

concessio noun: the rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it.

Noun

concessio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it.
    • This long sequence skilfully deploys the rhetorical tropes of procatalepsis and concessio, pre-emption and concession: that is, they concede the accuracy of certain classic attacks on communism, but in ways that redound on their opponents.2022, China Miéville, chapter 3, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    concession

concessio meaning in Tamil

concessio in Tamil

சலுகை

Synonyms of concessio

Origin of concessio

Learned borrowing from Latin concessiō. Doublet of concession.

Words that rhyme with concessio

Questions about concessio

What does concessio mean?
Concessio means the rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it.
What is concessio in Tamil?
Concessio in Tamil is சலுகை. See Concessio meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is concessio?
Concessio is a noun.
How do you pronounce concessio?
Concessio is pronounced /kənˈsɛsi.əʊ/ (UK).

Words near concessio in the dictionary

  1. concertolike
  2. concertos
  3. concerts
  4. concertsful
  5. concessible
  6. concessio
  7. concession
  8. concession road
  9. concession roads
  10. concession stand
  11. concession stands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: concessio (page history and authors); concessio (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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