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CESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of ceding
Synonyms:
ceding; cession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cession" is a kind of...):
relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cession"):
ceding back; recession (the act of ceding back)
Derivation:
cede (relinquish possession or control over)
cede (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another)
