cedes
Hands over officially
Cedes is the third-person singular of cede, meaning to yield or give up, typically territory or rights: The treaty cedes control of the islands to the neighboring country.
The word often appears in political or legal contexts where one party formally surrenders something to another: She cedes the point reluctantly.
Cease resistance, yield
- handoverTransfer of control
- transferMove between locations
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
forfeiture · waiver · abandonment · yielding · release · devolution · cession · concession
Land under jurisdiction
- landEarth's solid surface
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
treaty · border · province · region · domain · conquest · occupation · partition
Complete yielding to demands
- defeatVictory over another
- acquiesceSubmit without protest
- submitPresent for consideration
- succumbYield to pressure
yield · relent · accede · bow · comply · defer · retreat · fold
Shared position between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
mediation · arbitration · terms · treaty · accord · pact · deal · arrangement
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- handoverTransfer of control
- transferMove between locations
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
renunciation · forfeiture · waiver · abandonment · yielding · release · devolution · cession · concession · divestiture
territory
Land under jurisdiction
- landEarth's solid surface
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
annexation · treaty · border · province · region · domain · conquest · occupation · partition · jurisdiction
capitulation
Complete yielding to demands
succumb · yield · relent · accede · bow · comply · defer · retreat · fold · acceptance
agreement
Shared position between parties
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
conciliation · mediation · arbitration · terms · treaty · accord · pact · deal · arrangement · understanding
- cede the fieldSurrender a contested position
- ceded landsTerritory formally surrendered
recede, precede, concede, cede, preceding, antecedent, intercede, receding, secede