1. Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
   "The company ceded control to new management";
   - concede, yield, grant
    
2. Relinquish possession or control over
   "The squatters had to cede the building after the police moved in";
   - surrender, deliver, give up

Sounds like: sect, Sekt

Derived forms: ceded, cedes, ceding

Type of: gift, give, present

Encyclopedia: Cede