concessio

English

noun
Definitions
  • (rhetoric) The rhetorical device of conceding or admitting something but pardoning it, as in "he may be a scoundrel, but he's our scoundrel".

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concessiō (permission, granting, a grant, conceding).

Origin

Latin

concessiō

Gloss

permission, granting, a grant, conceding

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