Noun Definition

accession

1.Definition: (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement

Category: General

2.Definition: a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

"The art collection grew through accession"

Category: General

3.Definition: agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)

"Accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent", "Assenting to the Congressional determination"

Category: General

4.Definition: something added to what you already have

"The librarian shelved the new accessions", "He was a new addition to the staff"

Related Noun(s):addition

Category: General

5.Definition: the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)

"Elizabeth's accession in 1558"

Category: General

6.Definition: the right to enter

Related Noun(s):access, admission, admittance, entree

Category: General