1.   Davis conceded defeat in the election.

2.   His opponent conceded defeat.

3.   That would be to concede total defeat.

4.   The Steady State Theory floundered on for a few more years, being continually revised, but eventually its three proponents conceded defeat.

5.   Airtours conceded defeat in its attempt to take control of holiday industry rival Owners Abroad.

6.   Tyminski declined to concede defeat immediately and claimed that people had been intimidated into voting for Walesa.

7.   The opposition, alleging fraud, had refused to concede defeat in Guanajuato.

8.   Sassou-Nguesso, also forced to concede defeat, declared that he had bow out to the choice of the Congolese people with serenity.