cession

American  

[sesh-uhn] / ˈsɛʃ ən /

noun

1. act of ceding, as by treaty.

2. something that is ceded, as territory.

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cession British  

/ ˈsɛʃən /

noun

1. the act of ceding, esp of ceding rights, property, or territory

2. something that is ceded, esp land or territory

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Etymology

Origin of cession

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cessiōn- (stem of cessiō ) a giving up, equivalent to cess ( us ) past participle of cēdere to yield ( ced- perfect stem + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

That conflict ended with the humiliating cession of more than half the nation’s territory to the United States, but López Obrador saw in it at least a few examples of valor.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018

After wresting a vast land cession from his Creek allies, he continued south to defend the Gulf coast.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

It was a highly controlled, and easily reversible, cession of partial authority.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2017

It also found the part of the Sac and Fox cession west of the Mississippi had a market value of 60 cents an acre in 1804.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2017

"The seven years' war" between France and England, ended in the cession, to the latter power, of all the French possessions in North America, except Louisiana.

From Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Norman, B. M.