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cession

/ˈsɛʃən/ UK

Sounds like session · Rhymes with -ɛʃən

Where it comes from

From Middle French cession, from Latin cessionem, from past participle of cēdere (“to yield”). By surface analysis, cede + -sion.

noun cessions

countable, uncountable That which is ceded.
countable, uncountable A risk, or part of one, which is transferred from one actor to another. The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer.
countable, uncountable The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to. […] Rashleigh, whose occasions frequently call him elsewhere, has generously made a cession of his rights in my favour; so that I now endeavour to prosecute alone the studies in which he used formerly to be my guide.

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@misc{cession_2026,
  title = {cession},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cession},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}