Meaning & use
ceding
Giving up or formally surrendering land, power, rights, or territory, usually to another authority.
See it in a sentence
The treaty required the losing nation to agree to ceding several border provinces.
By ceding decision-making authority to the committee, the founder lost much of his influence.
A note on using this word
Ceding is the -ing form of 'cede', a formal verb mostly used in legal, political, or diplomatic contexts rather than everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
surrenderingrelinquishingyielding
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Words with an opposite meaning
retaining
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