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Intercession vs Cession - What's the difference?

intercession | cession |

As nouns the difference between intercession and cession

is that intercession is the act of intervening or mediating between two parties while cession is that which is ceded insurance: (part of) a risk which is transferred from one actor to another.

intercession

English

Noun

(wikipedia intercession) (en noun)
  • The act of intervening or mediating between two parties
  • A prayer to God on behalf of another person

    • Derived terms

    * intercessation of saints

    Related terms

    * intercede * intercessor * See also

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    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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