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Cession vs Secession - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between cession and secession

is that cession is that which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another while secession is the act of seceding.

cession

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which is ceded. Insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.
    • The reinsurance company accepted a 25% cession from the direct insurer.
  • The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
    • ‘Rashleigh, whose occasions frequently call him elsewhere, has generously made a cession of his rights in my favour; so that I now endeavour to prosecute alone the studies in which he used formerly to be my guide.’

    Anagrams

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    secession

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia secession) (en noun)
  • The act of seceding.

    • Usage notes

    A common example of usage is the withdrawal of 11 Southern states of the United States of America from the Union in 1860–1861, precipitating the U.S. civil war

    Related terms

    * secessionist