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# cession

noun (a cession, cessions; cession, uncountable)

«cession» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal, history, law) The act of giving up land or rights to another country or person, often after a war or by a treaty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cession/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history lessons it describes land handed over by treaties, such as the Mexican Cession of 1848 to the United States, or Hong Kong's cession to Britain. Phrases: "the cession of", "land cession", "the Mexican Cession".

### Examples

- The treaty forced the cession of the island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cession/#x1)
- The Mexican Cession gave the USA land including California. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cession/#x2)
- Cession of land often happened after a war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cession/#x3)
- Hong Kong was given to Britain by cession in 1842. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cession/#x4)
- Native nations were pushed into the cession of their lands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cession/#x5)

### Note

Formal word. It sounds exactly like "session" (a meeting or period of time), which is a homophone; do not mix them up. The verb is "cede".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cession» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cession/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cession» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cession.html) on Mova free.