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Concessive

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Adjective

1. concessive

of or pertaining to concession

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Concessive

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adjective
1. 
implying or involving concession; tending to concede
2. grammar
a conjunction, preposition, phrase, or clause describing a state of affairs that might have been expected to rule out what is described in the main clause but in fact does not
"Although" in the sentence "Although they had been warned, they refused to take care" is a concessive conjunction

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Concessive

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adjective
1. 
having the character of concession; conceding or tending to concede
2. 
expressing concession
“though” is a concessive conjunction

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Concessive

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adj.
1. Of the nature of or containing a concession.
2. Grammar Expressing concession, as the conjunction though.

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