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Cession vs Separation - What's the difference?

cession | separation |

As nouns the difference between cession and separation

is that cession is that which is ceded insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another while separation is separation.

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.’

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    separation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
  • The place at which a division occurs.
  • An interval, gap or space that separates things.
  • (legal) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
  • (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
  • Antonyms

    * (act of disuniting two or more things) annexation, combination, unification

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