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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In rhetoric, an admission or concession, especially one made for the purpose of obviating an objection or retorting more pointedly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Rhet.) A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.

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  • noun rhetoric A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.

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Ancient Greek with + a going.

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