retrocede
Return ceded territory
To retrocede is to cede back—to return territory to a former owner or jurisdiction.
The word appears primarily in legal and diplomatic contexts: The district was retroceded to Virginia in 1847.
A second, medical sense means to recede or move backward, as when symptoms retrocede.
The noun is retrocession.
Go back again
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- reclaimTake back possession
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
reinstatement · restitution · regression · retrocession · reverter · escheat · devolution · reacquisition
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
- retireCease employment permanently
- retrogradeMoving in reverse direction
backtrack · regress · ebb · shrink · contract · fall back · draw back · give ground
Cease resistance, yield
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- transferMove between locations
- handoverTransfer of control
remit · convey · grant · assign · devolve · alienate · deed · quitclaim
Supreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- borderOuter edge or limit
- treatyBinding pact between nations
colony · protectorate · mandate · dominion · enclave · cession · acquisition · partition
return
Go back again
recovery · reinstatement · restitution · regression · retrocession · reverter · escheat · devolution · reacquisition
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
retrograde · backtrack · regress · ebb · shrink · contract · fall back · draw back · give ground
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- transferMove between locations
handover · remit · convey · grant · assign · devolve · alienate · deed · quitclaim · retransfer
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- borderOuter edge or limit
treaty · colony · protectorate · mandate · dominion · enclave · cession · acquisition · partition · demarcation