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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ces·sion /ˈsɛʃən/
 割讓,轉讓

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ces·sion n.
 1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.]
 2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.]
 3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.
    A cession of the island of New Orleans.   --Bancroft.
 4. Eccl. Law The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
 5. Civil Law The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cession
      n : the act of ceding [syn: ceding]