cession
IPA: sˈɛʃʌn
noun
- That which is ceded.
- A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another.
- The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
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Examples of "cession" in Sentences
- The cession to Spain was finally revealed.
- Does the author say that the cession is unlawful
- The cession of Cambodia was officially formulated in 1867.
- Both of these governments were favorable toward the cession.
- A separate article was concerned with the cession of hostilities.
- Cession, or to cede, is the assignment of property to another entity.
- The cession of this territory from Mexico was a major goal of the war.
- The condition of the district at the time of cession was very wretched.
- Myth was very much reality in the years preceding and following cession.
- In 1804, the federal government added the cession to the Mississippi Territory.