cession vs session
Definitions
noun
- the act of ceding
Examples
When the King heard this, he bade his son be slain; but on the next day the second Wazir came forward for intercession and kissed ground in prostration.
The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
Either the recession is biting harder than I had realised or a lot of people are confused about the boundaries between fact and fiction.
Definitions
noun
- a meeting for execution of a group's functions
- a meeting of spiritualists
- a meeting devoted to a particular activity
- the time during which a school holds classes
Examples
Hopefully, North Norfolk will soon shake off this surreal obsession with the Lib Dems and embrace their NE Cambs neighbour's decent Tory stance.
He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession.
In meetings Thursday with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, the country's army chief and others, Gates called the antiterror operations a success so far, "and he acknowledged to all of them that we realize that has come with a great deal of sacrifice for the military," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said following the sessions.
