dēcessĭo, ōnis, f. [decedo], a going away, departure (opp. accessio—good prose).
I Lit.
A In gen.: is mecum saepe de tua mansione aut decessione communicat, Cic. Fam. 4, 4 fin. —
B Esp.
1 The withdrawal, retirement of a magistrate from the province he has governed, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; id. Att. 6, 5 fin. ; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1.—
2 Pregn., the decrease, diminution, abatement , or entire disappearance of an object: neque enim ulla decessio fieri poterat neque accessio, Cic. Univ. 6: utrum accessionem decumae an decessionem de summa fecerit, id. Rab. Post. 11, 30 sq.; Dig. 29, 4, 28 fin. : decessio capitis aut accessio, Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36: accessio et decessio febris, Cels. 3, 3 fin. ; so id. 2, 4 et saep.—
3 Decease : Juliani, Spart. Did. Jul. 7 fin. — *
II Trop.: verborum, the transition, transferring of words from their primary to a derivative meaning, Gell. 13, 29, 1.