concessive
adjective/kənˈsesɪv/
/kənˈsesɪv/
(grammar)- (of a preposition or conjunction) used at the beginning of a clause to say that the action of the main clause is in fact true or possible, despite the situation. ‘Despite’ and ‘although’ are concessive words.Word Originearly 18th cent.: from late Latin concessivus, from concess- ‘withdrawn, yielded’, from the verb concedere, from con- ‘completely’ + cedere ‘yield’.
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