Con-cĕs'sion, n.

( -sĕsh'un), n. [Fr. & Pr. concession, Lat. concessio, from concedere. See CONCEDE.] 1. The act of granting or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, from the party to whom it is made, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous. “Not permitted by the concession of God.” Bp. Taylor. By some mutual concessions the business was adjusted. Hallam. 2. The thing yielded; a grant; a boon. When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions. Swift. 3. A privilege or right granted by government to do certain things, as to construct railways, &c. [A Gallicism.] Bescherelle.