ACCESSION

• (noun) the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)

  "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"

  synonyms : rise to power

• (noun) the right to enter

  synonyms : access , admission , admittance , entree

• (noun) agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)

  "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent", "assenting to the Congressional determination"

  synonyms : assenting

• (noun) something added to what you already have

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

  synonyms : addition

• (noun) (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement

• (noun) a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)

  "the art collection grew through accession"

• (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

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