cession
noun
1 cession
The act of ceding.
synonym: ceding.
Roget 624:
relinquishment,
abandonment;
desertion,
defection,
secession,
withdrawal;
cave of Adullam†;
nolle prosequi [Lat.].
discontinuance
etc.
(cessation)
142;
renunciation
etc.
(recantation)
607;
abrogation
etc.
756;
resignation
etc.
(retirement)
757;
desuetude
etc.
614;
cession
etc.
(of property)
782.
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Roget 725:
submission,
yielding;
nonresistance;
obedience
etc.
743.
surrender,
cession,
capitulation,
resignation;
backdown†.
obeisance,
homage,
kneeling,
genuflexion†,
courtesy,
curtsy,
kowtow,
prostration.
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Roget 782:
relinquishment,
abandonment
etc.
(of a course)
624;
renunciation,
expropriation†,
dereliction;
cession,
surrender,
dispensation;
quitclaim deed;
resignation
etc.
757;
riddance.
derelict
etc.
adj.;
foundling;
jetsam,
waif.
discards,
culls,
rejects;
garbage,
refuse,
rubbish.
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Dutch: cessie
Moby thesaurus: abalienation, abandonment, abdication, abjuration, abjurement, alienation, allowance, amortization, amortizement, assignation, assignment, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, capitulation, circumscription, concession, conferment, conferral, consignation, consignment, conveyance, conveyancing, deeding, deliverance, delivery, demise, dispensation, disposal, disposition, dropping out, dumping, enfeoffment, exception, exchange, exemption, extenuating circumstances, forgoing, forswearing, getting rid of, giving, giving in, giving over, giving up, grain of salt, grant, handing over, hedge, hedging, lease and release, letting go, limitation, mental reservation, modification, qualification, recantation, recedence, recession, release, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation, reservation, resignation, restriction, retraction, retreat, riddance, sacrifice, sale, salvo, settlement, settling, special case, special treatment, specialness, specification, surrender, swearing off, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, vesting, waiver, withdrawing, yielding ... show more.
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