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Meaning of concessio | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
kənˈsɛsi.əʊ

Definitions

The rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it.

rhetoric, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

concession concession road concession-contraexpectation Concessionaire Concessionaires concessional

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