Collocations for concede - verb

eventually, finally
readily
She readily concedes that there is much work still to be done.

grudgingly, reluctantly
He reluctantly conceded that he was not fit enough to play.

implicitly (AmE)
The company seems to be implicitly conceding that sales have been poor.

be forced to
be prepared to, be willing to
He was not prepared to concede that he had acted illegally.

be reluctant to, be unwilling to
refuse to

to
The firm should concede a significant salary increase to its employees.

Concede is used with these nouns as the subject:
side

Concede is used with these nouns as the object:
corner, defeat, election, goal, penalty, point, possibility