cede[verb]Synonyms: surrender, concede, hand over, make over, relinquish, renounce, resign, transfer, yield
Contrasted words: hold, hold back, keep back, retain, withhold
Related Words: accord,
concede,
grant,
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cede /siːd/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: céder, from Latin cedere 'to go, withdraw, give up']
formal to give something such as an area of land or a right to a country or person, especially when you are forced to
cede something to somebody
Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842. ⇒
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