Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cession \Ces"sion\, n. [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) The giving up or vacating a benefice by
      accepting another without a proper dispensation.

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

Source : WordNet®

cession
     n : the act of ceding [syn: {ceding}]