Cession

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.

5. The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.