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cession

noun
🔊/ˈseʃn/
🔊/ˈseʃn/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)
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  1. the act of giving up land or rights, especially to another country after a war（尤指战争结束后领土的）割让；（权利的）放弃 see also cede
    Word Originlate Middle English; from Latin cessio(n-), from cedere ‘cede’.