cession

🇺🇸 /ˈseʃn/ 🇬🇧 /ˈseʃn/
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The act of surrendering or yielding something, typically territory or power, to another.

The cession of the territory was a result of the peace treaty.

translation

n. The act of surrendering or yielding something, typically territory or power, to another.

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Plural cessions