Giving up or surrendering something, especially power, territory, or rights, usually to someone else.
From Middle English and Old French 'ceder,' from Latin 'cedere' meaning 'to go, move, or give way.' The sense evolved from physical movement to symbolic surrender.
The word 'ceding' appears constantly in history textbooks describing treaties where nations hand over land—the French verb literally means 'to go away,' which is exactly what a country does when it cedes territory!
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