Definition of "accedence" [ac•ced•ence]

• The act of acceding (noun)

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• "How and in what manner this will be arranged, in accordance with your feelings and views, I cannot pretend to say; but whenever that proposition is made, if you are afterwards to waive the accedence to a junction till you are enabled to satisfy the theories and calculations of your uncles, I am quite sure you might as well remain at Stowe."
• "As the Prime Minister explained, additional customs duty on imported to Ukraine goods doesn't comply with commitments Ukraine had taken before accedence to the WTO."
• "- In a stunning and maybe unprecedented accedence to public opinion this morning, Microsoft has announced it will take the emotion out of its discussion, and simply do something its users are asking for."