handover

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun handover has 1 sense

handover(n = noun.act) Array - act of relinquishing property or authority etc; "the handover of occupied territory"

is a kind of

relinquishing

relinquishment

Derived form verb hand over₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

handover, n.

The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities. [WordNet 1.5]

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