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Cession
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Concession; compliance.
(2):
(n.) A yielding to physical force.
(3):
(n.) A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.
(4):
(n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
(5):
(n.) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cession'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cession.html. 1828.