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Definition of cession noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cession

noun
 
/ˈseʃn/
 
/ˈseʃn/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)
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  1. the act of giving up land or rights, especially to another country after a war see also cede
    Word Originlate Middle English; from Latin cessio(n-), from cedere ‘cede’.
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