concessive

 [kuhn-ses-iv]  

con·ces·sive

   [kuhn-ses-iv]
adjective
1.
tending or serving to concede.
2.
Grammar. expressing concession, as the English conjunction though.
Origin:
1705–15; < Late Latin concēssīvus. See concession, -ive

Related forms
con·ces·sive·ly, adverb
non·con·ces·sive, adjective
pre·con·ces·sive, adjective
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concessive (kənˈsɛsɪv)
 
—adj
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
 
[C18: from Late Latin concēssīvus, from Latin concēdere to concede]

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