English Dictionary
Definition retrocede in British English
retrocede verb
verb
1
to return a territory, which had once been ceded to another country, to its previous rulers, such as when Hong Kong was returned to China by the UK in 1999
Example
The Russians, with support from the French and Germans, persuaded the Japanese to retrocede Liaodong for an additional 30 million taels on November 4, 1895.
