Granted

Verb
granted


 * 1) Given, awarded.
 * He was granted a patent on his invention.
 * He was granted a patent on his invention.

Preposition
granted
 * 1) Used to concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information.
 * He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
 * ''"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."
 * 1) You use granted that $$x$$, $$y$$ to mean $$y$$ is true because of $$x$$.
 * Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.

Thesaurus
God-given, accepted, accorded, accounted as, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, approved, assumed, assumptive, authenticated, avowed, bestowed, certified, conceded, confessed, confirmed, conjectured, countersigned, deemed, endorsed, given, gratuitous, inferred, notarized, postulated, postulational, premised, presumed, presumptive, professed, providential, putative, ratified, received, recognized, reputed, sealed, signed, stamped, supposed, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, taken for granted, understood, underwritten, validated, vouchsafed, warranted

Anagrams

 * dragnet