cession
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory |
| 2. | something that is ceded, esp land or territory |
| [C14: from Latin cessiō, from cēdere to yield] | |
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Word Origin & History
cession
1399, from O.Fr. cession, from L. cessionem (nom. cessio), from cess- stem of cessare "to yield" (see cease).
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Example sentences
Within four years they would be under land cession treaties or on the move.
Choctaw lands continued to shrink through a series of land cession treaties.
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