cession
noun
[ ˈsɛʃ(ə)n ]
• the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory by a state.
• "the cession of twenty important towns"
Similar:
surrender,
surrendering,
ceding,
conceding,
concession,
relinquishment,
yielding,
giving up,
handing over,
transfer,
transference,
transferral,
granting,
grant,
bequest,
resignation,
abdication,
abandonment,
forgoing,
forsaking,
sacrifice,
waiving,
waiver,
renunciation,
Origin:
late Middle English; from Latin cessio(n- ), from cedere ‘cede’.
