retrocession noun¹. [rɛtrǝ(ʊ)'sɛʃ(ǝ)n] L16.
[Prob. from French rétrocession, formed as RETROCEDE verb²: see -ION.]
1. Scots Law. A returning of a right to the person who granted it. L16.

2. The action or fact of ceding territory back to a country or government; an instance of this. L18.

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retrocession noun². [rɛtrǝ(ʊ)'sɛʃ(ǝ)n] M17.
[Late Latin retrocessio(n-), formed as RETRO- + CESSION.]
1. The action or fact of moving backwards or receding, recedence. M17.

2. Medicine. The action of a disease striking inward to affect the internal organs. Now rare or obsolete. L18.

3. Medicine. Backward displacement or replacement of an organ. E19.

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