"conceding" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is usually used in the sense of "acknowledging" or "accepting" something as true or valid, although reluctantly. For example, "Jack was forced to concede defeat after his opponent won the race by a landslide."
"I had wanted to protect Mora from conceding more goals but then I realised that I risked ruining two goalkeepers' confidence on the same day so I left Mora in".
It is at around 90 seconds into the clip that Speroni grimaces, the commentator declaring "and I'm not quite sure what he's doing" as the goalkeeper dawdles at a back-pass, fails to trick Kevin Campbell and ends up conceding a penalty.
But it was a disastrous day for Yeovil who appear destined for the drop after conceding three second-half goals to Chesterfield to give up a 2-0 lead.
Villarreal: quietly going about being very, very good indeed – 389 minutes without conceding, five wins in a row and a manager who declares himself "proud … and very satisfied".
Conceding defeat, McInnes's Ukip challenger, businessman John Bickley, said he would have won given a few more days.
A fortnight after publicly conceding the title, having already lost the Copa del Rey final to Real Madrid, they found themselves back in it through no merit of their own.
I knew we would score, but the impressive thing has been not conceding and it has never looked likely to happen.
Saturday, 3pm, Madejski Stadium Irish, after three defeats and conceding 40 points or more in the process, make changes with the fly-half Ian Humphreys starting for the first time.
I welcome wholeheartedly the statement from president Jonathan conceding the result.
Strachan's side sit third in Group D with seven points from four games while Gibraltar – Uefa's newest member – are bottom with no points, having failed to score a goal while conceding 21.
Cameron took 36.9% of the vote – and 331 seats – to Labour's 30.4% (232 seats), but his victory was achieved at the price of conceding stunning success to the separatist Scottish National party (SNP) north of the border – which could further weaken the 308-year union with England.
