1.cessionary state; ceding state;
3.cession of the administration;
5.To surrender possession of, especially by treaty.
6.TX A Study on the Issue of the Cession of Alaska
7.They ceded territory to a neighboring state.
8.A ceding or surrendering, as of territory to another country by treaty
9.Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States.
10.1878 Cyprus was ceded by Turkey to Britain for administration.