concessive

UK: /kənˈsɛsɪv/ US: (kən ses′iv)

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con•ces•sive  (kən ses′iv), adj. 

1. tending or serving to concede.
2. Grammar expressing concession, as the English conjunction though.

• Late Latin concēssīvus. See concession, -ive
• 1705–15

con•ces′sive•ly, adv. 

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concessive / kənˈsɛsɪv/ adjective

1. implying or involving concession; tending to concede
2. 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

Etymology: 18th Century: from Late Latin concēssīvus, from Latin concēdere to concede