'Retrocession' definitions:

Definition of 'Retrocession'

From: GCIDE
  • Retrocession \Re`tro*ces"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]trocession. See Retrocede.]
  • 1. The act of retroceding. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Med.) Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body. [1913 Webster]