English Synonym Finder

ceded

Definitions

To give up power or territory, especially by treaty.

To surrender possession or control of something.

Examples

The defeated army ceded the territory to the victors after the peace treaty was signed.

After hours of intense negotiation, the company finally ceded control of the project to its primary competitor.

Synonyms

surrendered relinquished yielded conceded handed over abandoned transferred

Antonyms

kept retained withheld maintained defended seized claimed