ceding
Meaning of ceding
verb, gerund or present participle
- give up (power or territory).
in 1874, the islands were ceded to Britain
early 16th century: from French céder or Latin cedere ‘to yield’.
Information about ceding
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of ceding
ced-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- ceding is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ceding synonyms
Meaning cession:
Meaning give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand:
Meaning surrender or yield (a possession, right, or privilege):
Meaning voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up:
Meaning relinquish possession of:
Meaning make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to another:
Meaning leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will:
Meaning agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true:
Meaning cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment):
Meaning formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession):
Meaning give up (an office, privilege, etc.):
Meaning condemn someone or something to (a specified fate) by ceasing to take an interest in them:
Meaning go without (something desirable):
Meaning give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations:
Meaning refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim):
Meaning abandon or leave:
ceding antonyms
Meaning have or retain possession of:
Meaning obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable):
Words that rhyme with ceding
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