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RETROCESSION
Etymology
Noun
retrocession (countable and uncountable, plural retrocessions)
The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.
(legal) The return of land, rights, etc. previously ceded.
Metastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body.
The act of retroceding; a going back.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`tro*ces"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrocession. See Retrocede.]
1. The act of retroceding.
2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back.
3. (Med.)
Definition: Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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