noun
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the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory
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something that is ceded, esp land or territory
Etymology
Origin of cession
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cessiōn- (stem of cessiō ) a giving up, equivalent to cess ( us ) past participle of cēdere to yield ( ced- perfect stem + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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That conflict ended with the humiliating cession of more than half the nation’s territory to the United States, but López Obrador saw in it at least a few examples of valor.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018
In the rest of the cession, Mexican laws against slavery would remain in force until those areas attained statehood or the courts ruled otherwise.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
It was a highly controlled, and easily reversible, cession of partial authority.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2017
The first Indian cession within the Louisiana Territory established the mold.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2017
Were finally subdued in 1586, and the Spanish retained uninterrupted control, with the exception of the period of the insurrection of 1680, until the cession of the territory to the United States in 1847.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.
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