'Cession' definitions:
Definition of 'Cession'
From: GCIDE
- Cession \Ces"sion\, n. [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.]
- 1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. [1913 Webster]
- A cession of the island of New Orleans. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cession'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abalienation,
- abandonment,
- abdication,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- alienation,
- allowance,
- amortization,
- amortizement,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- bargain and sale,
- barter,
- bequeathal,
- capitulation,
- circumscription,
- concession,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- consignation,
- consignment,
- conveyance,
- conveyancing,
- deeding,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- demise,
- dispensation,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- dropping out,
- dumping,
- enfeoffment,
- exception,
- exchange,
- exemption,
- extenuating circumstances,
- forgoing,
- forswearing,
- getting rid of,
- giving,
- giving in,
- giving over,
- giving up,
- grain of salt,
- grant,
- handing over,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- lease and release,
- letting go,
- limitation,
- mental reservation,
- modification,
- qualification,
- recantation,
- recedence,
- recession,
- release,
- relinquishment,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- reservation,
- resignation,
- restriction,
- retraction,
- retreat,
- riddance,
- sacrifice,
- sale,
- salvo,
- settlement,
- settling,
- special case,
- special treatment,
- specialness,
- specification,
- surrender,
- swearing off,
- trading,
- transfer,
- transference,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- vesting,
- waiver,
- withdrawing,
- yielding