Sentence:  All but the most rabid of Confederate flag wavers <WSD>admit</WSD> that the Old Southern tradition is defunct in actuality and sigh that its passing was accompanied by the disappearance of many genteel and aristocratic traditions of the reputedly languid ante-bellum way of life . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of