1. Noun
A yielding to physical force.
2. Noun
Concession; compliance.
3. Noun
A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.
4. Noun
The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
5. Noun
The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
6. Noun
the act of ceding
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