A concession speech is a speech given by a candidate who has lost in an election. In this speech, the candidate accepts their defeat and congratulates the winner. Full definition
In concession speech Liz Kendall delivers last rites to Blairism, a body frequently buried. (totalpolitics.com)
In northern New York's 21st Congressional district, Democrat Aaron Woolf offered an emotional concession speech after losing the election to Republican Elise Stefanik last night. (wamc.org)
In an emotional concession speech at the Cobble Hill Inn in Elizabethtown, Woolf emphasized the theme of family and bipartisanship. (suncommunitynews.com)