The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONCEDES
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What does CONCEDES mean?
CONCEDES verb- To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
- To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
- To yield or make concession.
- To have a goal or point scored against
- (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.