A yielding to physical force. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Concession; compliance. [1913 Webster]
A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. [1913 Webster]
"A cession of the island of New Orleans." [1913 Webster]
The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. [1913 Webster]
The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

cession, n.
1 (often foll. by of) the ceding or giving up (of rights, property, and esp. of territory by a State).
2 the territory etc. so ceded.

Etymology

ME f. OF cession or L cessio f. cedere cess- go away

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THESAURUS

cession

abalienation, abandonment, abdication, abjuration, abjurement, alienation, allowance, amortization, amortizement, assignation, assignment, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, capitulation, circumscription, concession, conferment, conferral, consignation, consignment, conveyance, conveyancing, deeding, deliverance, delivery, demise, dispensation, disposal, disposition, dropping out, dumping, enfeoffment, exception, exchange, exemption, extenuating circumstances, forgoing, forswearing, getting rid of, giving, giving in, giving over, giving up, grain of salt, grant, handing over, hedge, hedging, lease and release, letting go, limitation, mental reservation, modification, qualification, recantation, recedence, recession, release, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation, reservation, resignation, restriction, retraction, retreat, riddance, sacrifice, sale, salvo, settlement, settling, special case, special treatment, specialness, specification, surrender, swearing off, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, vesting, waiver, withdrawing, yielding

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ROGET THESAURUS

cession

Relinquishment

N relinquishment, abandonment, desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal, cave of Adullam, nolle prosequi, discontinuance, renunciation, abrogation, resignation, desuetude, cession, unpursued, relinquished, relinquishing, Int, avast!, aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben, entbehre gern was du nicht hast, relinquishment, abandonment, renunciation, expropriation, dereliction, cession, surrender, dispensation, quitclaim deed, resignation, riddance, derelict, foundling, jetsam, waif, discards, culls, rejects, garbage, refuse, rubbish, relinquished, cast off, derelict, unowned, unappropriated, unculled, left, Int, away with!, relinquishment, abandonment, desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal, cave of Adullam, nolle prosequi, discontinuance, renunciation, abrogation, resignation, desuetude, cession, unpursued, relinquished, relinquishing, Int, avast!, aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben, entbehre gern was du nicht hast, relinquishment, abandonment, renunciation, expropriation, dereliction, cession, surrender, dispensation, quitclaim deed, resignation, riddance, derelict, foundling, jetsam, waif, discards, culls, rejects, garbage, refuse, rubbish, relinquished, cast off, derelict, unowned, unappropriated, unculled, left, Int, away with!.

Submission

N submission, yielding, nonresistance, obedience, surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation, backdown, obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration, surrendering, submissive, resigned, crouching, downtrodden, down on one's marrow bones, on one's bended knee, unresistant, unresisting, nonresisting, pliant, undefended, untenable, indefensible, humble, have it your own way, it can't be helped, amen, da locum melioribus, tempori parendum.

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