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
In 1788, there were three avenues for lawful colonisation: conquest through war; cession by treaty; and occupation of a land declared terra nullius.
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Maggie Knight-Williams, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024
German citizens resented the cession of this land with its three million Germans, and over the course of the 1930s, Hitler became increasingly aggressive in demanding its return to his Third Reich.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
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
What she-cession?
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
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Maggie Knight-Williams, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024
German citizens resented the cession of this land with its three million Germans, and over the course of the 1930s, Hitler became increasingly aggressive in demanding its return to his Third Reich.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
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
What she-cession?
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cession
Noun
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Erotic surrender alone will not subvert or even really trouble the monarchy, which requires its own elaborately binding outfits and public displays of intimacy.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
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Failure to do so is not judicial humility, but, at best, judicial surrender in the face of a terrible crime.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
25 June 2025
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Poirier failed to unify the title, losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov by submission at UFC 242 in September 2019.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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The 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards received more than 2200 submissions from the calendar year of 2024, and nominations were judged by a pool of more than 980 people from across the television and streaming/digital media news and documentary community.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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“Cession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cession. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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