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| ces·sion [ sésh'n ] (plural ces·sions) |
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1. giving up or yielding: the ceding or giving up of something, or something ceded in this way, especially land, property, or a right
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2. something given up: something ceded or given up, especially land, property, or a right
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< Latin cession-< cess-, past participle of cedere "yield"] |
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