Which phrases expresses how the word concession is used in this passage from the story "Steeled"?

Question

As I got older, though, I was allowed to sit with my father and watch him eat the car. I knew this concession had not come easily and that it was always under debate; often at night I could hear them arguing about it in their room with the door shut, and though I couldn't often make out the words, I knew from the pitch of their voices that it was the car they were talking about, the car, and my father, and me.

burning desire

reluctant compromise

heated argument

strong resistance

Answer 1

The phrase that expresses how the word "concession" is used in the passage is reluctant compromise. This is indicated by the context that the concession of allowing the narrator to sit with their father and watch him eat the car had not come easily and was subject to debate and disagreement.