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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETROCESSION

n. 1. A ceding or granting back to a former proprietor.
2. The act of going back.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETROCESSION

Re `tro *ces "sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrocession. See Retrocede. ]

 

1. The act of retroceding.

 

2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back.

 

3. (Med. )

 

Defn: Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.