παραχωρέω

1. to go aside, make room, give place, retire , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.: π. τινί to give way, yield, submit , (Plato Philosophus), etc.:—; π. τινός to retire from , (Demosthenes Orator)

2. to step aside out of the way for another, as a mark of respect, ὁδοῦ π. πρεσβυτέρῳ (Xenophon Historicus); π. τινί τοῦ βήματος (Aeschines Orator); τῇ πόλει παραχωρῶ τῆς τιμωρίας I leave the task of punishment to the state, (Demosthenes Orator)

3. to concede a thing, with accusative, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)