Synonyms for cede
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1. cede

   Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

   Antonyms:
   adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

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1. concede, yield, cede, grantverb

   give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

   Synonyms:
   ease up, grant, give way, pay, deliver, bear, surrender, return, allow, confess, allot, afford, knuckle under, give in, concede, succumb, soften, give, give up, move over, deed over, generate, buckle under, yield, profess, award, render, relent, accord

2. surrender, cede, deliver, give upverb

   relinquish possession or control over

   "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

   Synonyms:
   spare, fork up, extradite, rescue, abandon, hand over, forfeit, surrender, dispense with, return, resign, save, fork over, forgo, concede, have, relinquish, throw in, deport, part with, fall by the wayside, redeem, lay off, waive, throw overboard, allow, cease, throw in the towel, give up, grant, discontinue, turn in, birth, stop, render, pitch, deliver, present, yield, chuck up the sponge, renounce, fork out, drop out, free, drive home, drop by the wayside, kick, release, vacate, forego, give birth, quit, bear

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1. cedeverb

   Synonyms:
   surrender, relinquish, yield, abandon, resign, deliver up, give up

2. cedeverb

   Synonyms:
   grant, convey

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1. cedeverb

   Synonyms:
   surrender, relinquish, grant

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1. List of paraphrases for "cede":

   ecsl, relinquish, yield, assign, waive

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How to use cede in a sentence?

1. Carl Icahn:

   We are extremely pleased that Xerox finally terminated the ill-advised scheme to cede control of the company to Fujifilm.

2. Robert Patrick:

   I am willing to get up here and walk into danger if we need if, if we need to be there, to make sure we don't cede this country, and have my kids grow up in a Communist hellhole, and I need each of you to fight as hard as you can to ensure that does not happen.

3. Jose Ignacio Hernandez:

   Under the Hydrocarbon Law, every agreement for PDVSA to cede exploration and production rights is illegal and unconstitutional. Maduro's regime is insisting in the oil industry's de-facto privatization, which is aggravating its collapse.

4. Nurlan Aitmurzayev:

   Ungar Too is ours, we have used this mountain for ages and we will not cede it to anyone, if the government cannot protect our lands, we will do it ourselves.

5. Ed Markey:

   I'm sure they were not thrilled with ultimately having to cede this.