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Definition of: cession
(sesh′ən) noun
1. The act of ceding; surrender.
2. An assignment of property or rights to another or others.
3. The ceding of territory by a nation or state; also, the territory ceded. ◆ Homophone: session. [<L cessio, -onis surrender <cessus pp. of cedere yield]
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