Concession

The concession ( Latin for "confession"; Greek : παρομολογία , paromología), obsolete after the Greek paromology , is a rhetorical figure , especially of the ancient court speech (see speeches in the article rhetoric (Aristotle) or rhetoric ), with which the correctness of one opposing argument is admitted, but this is made ineffective by stronger own arguments. The persuasiveness of one's own argument is underscored precisely by the fact that it compensates for valid opposing objections.

Example: "He may have behaved immorally, but he cannot be punished for it."

The Permissio is related to the concession .

literature

• Heinrich Lausberg: Handbook of literary rhetoric . 4th edition. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-515-09156-5 , §856