secession

noun

formal separation from an alliance or federation

the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

Roots

sese- · Latin · apart, aside cedo-cess · Latin · go

Synonyms for secession

withdrawaln separationn breakawayn schismn

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