retrocession

See also: rétrocession

English

Etymology

Compare French rétrocession. See retrocede.

Noun

retrocession (countable and uncountable, plural retrocessions)

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retrocession

Wikipedia

1. The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.
2. (law) The return of land, rights, etc. previously ceded.
3. Metastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body.
4. The act of retroceding; a going back.
   • 1878, The planisphere: and how to use it:

     For example, suppose the Moon to be placed in 10° of any sign: suppose Saturn to pass over that spot and attain to the 15th degree of the same sign, and there become stationary; that his retrocession carries him back to the 8th degree, […]

Related terms

• retrocede
• retrocess
• retrocessional

Danish

Noun

retrocession c (singular definite retrocessionen, plural indefinite retrocessioner)

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Declension

Declension of retrocession

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	retrocession	retrocessionen	retrocessioner	retrocessionerne
genitive	retrocessions	retrocessionens	retrocessioners	retrocessionernes

Further reading

• “retrocession” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog