CEDED Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

ceded

verb

past tense of cede

as in relinquished

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress she reluctantly ceded her position as leader

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as in transferred

to give over the legal possession or ownership of Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States as part of the settlement of the Spanish-American War

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expropriated

as in abdicated

to give up (as a position of authority) formally the President officially cedes his position on the January 20th immediately following the presidential election

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Recent Examples of ceded For example, Congress has routinely failed to pass an annual budget on time and instead relies on continuing resolutions, has ceded its war powers responsibilities and has conducted insufficient oversight of the executive branch. —

Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 Leavitt quickly ceded the mic to Colin Jost‘s Pete Hegseth. —

William Earl, Variety, 3 May 2026 But if the entire area was ceded back to the District of Columbia, the electoral advantage in the new districts would be dulled and new districts would be drawn in light of the state’s shrunken footprint. —

Jesse Bedayn, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026 At the institute, McMahon ceded policy to others. —

Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 London’s Victoria and Albert Museum ceded to censorship requests issued by the Chinese firm that prints the institution’s exhibition catalogues, according to a new report from The Guardian, who unearthed the information via FOIA requests. —

News Desk, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026 In past eras, aldermen ceded to mayors the choices for Zoning and other committee chairs. —

Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 In such a scenario, if Democrats ceded the floor, Republicans could pass the measure with 51 votes. —

Sudiksha Kochi, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2026 With control ceded to the computer clock, the drummer is left filling in the spaces like a kid with a coloring book, straining against the tyranny of the click track in their ears. —

Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026

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Turn back the tape just a few weeks ago, to when the Five Stripes relinquished a 1-0 advantage in the final stretch to lose at home 2-1.

— Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 10 May 2026
More than 75 other nurses with Operation Nightingale school diplomas relinquished their Florida credentials, the health department said in its April 22 email in response to the Sentinel’s questions.

— Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026