cession

as in surrender
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another the cession of the southern territories was part of the peace treaty

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Recent Examples of cession The prevalence of smoking has significantly decreased since the 1990s, and countries have been enacting various attempts at cession for decades—including restrictions on smoking in public places. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 In the meantime, the federal government assigned clerks to deal with the day-to-day logistics of the removal, appointed commissioners to negotiate land cessions, and mobilized thousands of soldiers to make the deportations a reality on the ground. David Treuer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020 What she-cession? Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022 Women are going through a she-cession. CBS News, 28 Feb. 2021 See all Example Sentences for cession 

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“Cession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cession. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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