Examples of cession in a Sentence
territorial cessions from one state to another
The law required cession of the land to the heirs.
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Polls show that a minority of Ukrainians support a peace plan that includes territorial cession, although support for such an outcome is growing.
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Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Thomas Jefferson and other politicians, many of them land speculators, would pursue Native land cessions for both personal and political gain into the 1800s.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
By early 2021, roughly two and a half million women had left the labor force, in what became known as a she-cession.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
It’s being called the next she-cession.
—Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
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Olivier Kempf, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Thomas Jefferson and other politicians, many of them land speculators, would pursue Native land cessions for both personal and political gain into the 1800s.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
By early 2021, roughly two and a half million women had left the labor force, in what became known as a she-cession.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
It’s being called the next she-cession.
—Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Cession.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cession. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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cession
noun
ces·sion
ˈsesh-ən 
: a giving over (as of territory or rights) to another
Legal Definition
cession
noun
ces·sion
ˈse-shən
1
: an act of ceding : a yielding (as of property) to another: as
a
in the civil law of Louisiana
: assignment or transfer of property rights by a debtor to a creditor
b
: transfer of liability by an insurer to a reinsurer
c
: transfer of control of or sovereignty over specific property or territory especially by treaty
such district…as may, by cession of particular States…become the seat of the government of the United States—U.S. Constitution art. I
U.S. Constitution art. I2
: the monetary amount of liability ceded by an insurer to a reinsurer compare concession
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