Cession is the official act of giving up land, property, or rights — most often when one country hands land to another after a war or a treaty. The land or right that is given up can also be called a cession.

Cession is the official act of giving up land, property, or rightsCession是正式放棄土地、財產或權利的行為—— most often when one country hands land to another after a war or a treaty最常見的是一個國家在戰後或條約後把土地交給另一個國家。 The land or right that is given up被放棄的那塊土地或那項權利本身， can also be called a cession也可以叫做a cession。

This is formal, legal, history-book English, not kitchen English. Friends do not talk about the cession of a pencil; governments, courts, and old maps do.

This is formal, legal, history-book English這是正式、法律、歷史課本用的英文， not kitchen English不是家常口語。 Friends do not talk about the cession of a pencil朋友之間不會講「把一支鉛筆cession出去」； governments, courts, and old maps do政府、法院和舊地圖才會這樣講。

It is cooler and more official than plain “giving”: there is usually a signed paper, and the change is meant to last. People do stretch it to a company giving up a legal right (water rights, for example), but the centre of the word is still that official hand-over.

It is cooler and more official than plain “giving”它比單純的「giving（給予）」更冷靜、更正式： there is usually a signed paper通常會有一份簽署好的文件， and the change is meant to last而且這個改變是要長久生效的。 People do stretch it to a company giving up a legal right (water rights, for example)人們也會把這個字延伸用在公司放棄某項法律權利上（比如水權）， but the centre of the word is still that official hand-over但這個字的核心還是那種正式的交接。