[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cede \cede\ s=ed, v. t. imp.  p. p. ceded; p. pr.  vb.
   n. ceding. l. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere
   to fall, and to e. chance; cf. f. c'eder.
   to yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a
   fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by
   treaty.
   1913 webster

         the people must cede to the government some of their
         natural rights.                          --jay.
   1913 webster
see also:
ceded ceding 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ceding
     n : the act of ceding syn: cession
see also:
cession 

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