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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cession \Ces"sion\, n. [L. cessio, fr cedere to give way: cf F. Cession. See {Cede}.] 1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.] 3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. A cession of the island of New Orleans. --Bancroft. 4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. 5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cession n : the act of ceding [syn: {ceding}]
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