cessions
Formal land yieldings
Cessions is the plural of cession, the act of yielding or giving up territory, rights, or property to another party.
The term appears most often in legal and diplomatic contexts: The treaty required territorial cessions from the defeated nation.
Land cessions from Native American tribes to the U.S. government form a significant chapter in American history.
Complete yielding to demands
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- forfeitLose through violation
renunciation · conceding · withdrawal · submission · acquiescence · yielding · giving up · waiver
Transfer of property rights
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- handoverTransfer of control
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- deedWritten property conveyance
title · alienation · transmission · vesting · allocation · relinquishment · bestowal · delivery
Absorbing territory into jurisdiction
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- bordersLines separating regions
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
geopolitics · autonomy · province · jurisdiction · dominion · protectorate · occupation · partition
Binding pact between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- agreementShared position between parties
- pactFormal agreement between parties
accord · settlement · armistice · truce · conciliation · mediation · arbitration · ratification
capitulation
Complete yielding to demands
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
forfeit · renunciation · conceding · withdrawal · submission · acquiescence · yielding · giving up · waiver · forfeiture
conveyance
Transfer of property rights
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- handoverTransfer of control
- devolutionTransferring power locally
deed · title · alienation · transmission · vesting · allocation · relinquishment · bestowal · delivery · divestiture
annexation
Absorbing territory into jurisdiction
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- bordersLines separating regions
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
demarcation · geopolitics · autonomy · province · jurisdiction · dominion · protectorate · occupation · partition · acquisition
treaty
Binding pact between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- agreementShared position between parties
pact · accord · settlement · armistice · truce · conciliation · mediation · arbitration · ratification · protocol
- legal actsassignment, agreements, bequest, contracts, conveyance
- public landsnational park, public lands, public land, national forest, state park
- Créancescredits
- Indigenous Treatieshistoric treaties, historical treaties, tribal treaties, Treaty of Greenville, Treaty of Waitangi
cessionsacquisitions
Things newly gained
annexations · appropriations · seizures · takeovers · accessions
cessionsexpansions
Increases in size
growth · enlargements · extensions · aggrandizements · gains
cessionsclaims
Statements of truth
assertions · retentions · holdings · possessions · annexations
recession, concession, accession, secession, secessionist, cession, precession