admission of defeat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadmissionanddefeat
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admission
noun
uk/ədˈmɪʃ.ən/us/ədˈmɪʃ.ən/
the act of agreeing that something is true, ...
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defeat
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈfiːt/us/dɪˈfiːt/
the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made ...
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(Definition ofadmissionanddefeatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But burning was anadmissionofdefeatby the inquisitors.
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This is a rallying cry rather than anadmissionofdefeat, however, and research proceeds apace.
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As an educational policy, damage limitation is anadmissionofdefeat: we can't replace dialect variation.
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Partition is always anadmissionofdefeat, wherever it takes place.
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To go back to the old rating system at 1973 values would be anadmissionofdefeat.
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It would be a greatadmissionofdefeatif they did not believe that and if, indeed, they did not say it.
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I feel that it would be anadmissionofdefeatif we thought that nothing could be done in those areas without increased funding.
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Their use is to some extent anadmissionofdefeat, an admission of a failure to maintain the peace.
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The apology was not anadmissionofdefeat; it said that the inspector had come to a legitimate conclusion.
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Therefore, the use of imprisonment for the defaulter is anadmissionofdefeat.
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If anything amounts to anadmissionofdefeat, it is that consultation paper on a scheme that was introduced merely two years ago.
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I hope that this is not anadmissionofdefeat.
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That is anadmissionofdefeat.
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It is anadmissionofdefeat, and is calculated to impose an artificial barrier to progress, which must one day give way and bring its retribution.
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It is not anadmissionofdefeat.
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If we did that, while it would be anadmissionofdefeat, at least we should know where we stood, and that would be an asset.
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Carting people off into the desert is inhumane and anadmissionofdefeatin the face of all the things we have not yet dealt with.
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Analysts have interpreted this as anadmissionofdefeatin the battle to control the money supply.
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