CEDING Antonyms

• the act of acquiring something

• conformity or harmony

• the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

• the act of retaining something

• an assertion of a right (as to money or property)

• an assertion that something is true or factual

• demand for something as rightful or due

• an informal right to something

• an established or recognized right

• a demand

• assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing

• demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

• ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example

• lay claim to; as of an idea

• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

• have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill

• have ownership or possession of

• enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas

• hold back within

• allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

• secure and keep for possible future use or application

• keep in one's mind