cession
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- noun
- /ˈsɛʃən/
- Formal
:
cesión
- The treaty included a formal cession of territory to the neighboring state.
- land cession
- an outright cession
- cession treaties
Examples
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After lengthy negotiations, the two countries agreed to the cession of land as part of the peace treaty.
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The Crow Indians of Montana, for example, signed their first land cession agreement with the United States in 1868.
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Congress had interpreted the treaty as less than an outright cession, and so had other important government officials.
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The paramount issue in the treaty cessions is the meaning of property in American society.
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And the Senecas were infuriated over the land cession to Pennsylvania.
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From the government's perspective, the draft agreement mandated their removal and the cession of their reservation to the United States.
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Once the cession lands came under eastern control, much of the capital resources drained eastward.
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Given that Hawaiian Kingdom sovereignty was not lost via conquest, cession, or adjudication, our rights are still in place under international law.
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None of this precludes an Israeli cession of these areas; countries often waive territorial claims to secure peace agreements.
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The boundaries settled by the New Purchase treaty reflected the last land cession that McGillivray acknowledged as valid.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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An official act of giving up a right, claim, or thing you own
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The act of giving up a right, position, or responsibility
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A document that gives one person's legal right to property to another person without a promise
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Giving up land, power, or rights to someone else
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Giving up a right, job, or thing you own
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To give up a right, title, or claim in a formal way
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Surface Forms
Morphology
cession = cede (transparent) = cess + ion
The noun is formed from the verb 'cede' with the noun-forming suffix '-ion'; although orthographic alternation (cede → cess) occurs, the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Cession comes from the Latin root ced-/cess-, which means 'to go' or 'to give up' and is the same root in concede ('to give up' or 'admit'). So, cession is the formal giving up of land, rights, or power to someone else.