cession, ceding
(noun) the act of ceding
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cession (countable and uncountable, plural cessions)
That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.
The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
• Encisos, cosines, oscines
Source: Wiktionary
Ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.]
1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.]
3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. A cession of the island of New Orleans. Bancroft.
4. (Eccl. Law)
Definition: The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
5. (Civil Law)
Definition: The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
