CEDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ceding mean? 

• CEDING (noun)
  The noun CEDING has 1 sense:

1. the act of ceding

  Familiarity information: CEDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of ceding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ceding; cession

Hypernyms ("ceding" is a kind of...):

relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ceding"):

ceding back; recession (the act of ceding back)