retrocede
verb (used without object)
to go back; recede; retire.
retrocession
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a word derived from
retrocede.
Example Sentences
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UK P&I Club said on Dec. 23 that the issue had arisen because of a lack of availability of reinsurance for reinsurers, also known as retrocession.
From Reuters ● Dec. 28, 2022
Bowser has been asked before about the possibility of retrocession.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2021
Rep. Andy Harris, the only Republican in Maryland’s congressional delegation and a longtime opponent to D.C. autonomy, also supports the retrocession proposal.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2021
While retrocession of any remaining part of Washington to Maryland is most unlikely, Mr. Chaffetz has placed himself in a historical tradition rich with irony and disappointment for many Washingtonians.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2017
Their relations with the natives and difficulties with the Boers are treated in the chapters on the Story of Natal, the Vootrekkers, the founding of the Boer Republic and the retrocession of the Transvaal.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various
