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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

rétrocession

. See

The act of retroceding.

The state of being retroceded, or granted back.

(Med.)

Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.

Noun.

A ceding or granting back to a former proprietor.

The act of going back.

See also: rétrocession

retrocession ‎(countable and uncountable, plural retrocessions)

The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.
The return of land, etc. that was previously ceded.
Metastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body.