cession

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. 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 See All Example Sentences for cession
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Noun
  • Military leaders pushed those possibilities to hellish extremes, following the logic that killing civilians might induce surrender.
    Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
  • History has long taught us that such appeasement doesn’t work when concession is seen as weakness—or even as surrender.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • However, do not be fooled into thinking Barcelona simply pass teams into submission.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Netflix declined to comment on that possibility but confirmed the aforementioned submission decision.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Cession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cession. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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