retrocession

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noun

The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.

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Meanings

nounretrocession (countable and uncountable, plural retrocessions)

plural retrocessions

  1. countableuncountableThe transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.
  2. countableuncountablelawThe return of land, rights, etc. previously ceded.
  3. countableuncountableMetastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body.
  4. countableuncountableThe act of retroceding; a going back.

    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, […]

    1878, The planisphere: and how to use it

Origin

Compare French rétrocession. See retrocede.

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APA

retrocession. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrocession

MLA

“retrocession.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrocession. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retrocession,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrocession.

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