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se·ces·sion
(sĭ-sĕsh′ən)n.
1. The act of seceding.
2. often Secession The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860-1861, precipitating the US Civil War.
[Latin sēcessiō, sēcessiōn-, from sēcessus, past participle of sēcēdere, to secede; see secede.]
se·ces′sion·al adj.
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secession
(sɪˈsɛʃən)n
1. the act of seceding
2. (Historical Terms) (often capital) chiefly US the withdrawal in 1860–61 of 11 Southern states from the Union to form the Confederacy, precipitating the American Civil War
[C17: from Latin sēcessiō a withdrawing, from sēcēdere to secede]
seˈcessional adj
seˈcessionˌism n
seˈcessionist n, adj
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se•ces•sion
(sɪˈsɛʃ ən)n.
1. an act or instance of seceding.
2. (often cap.) the withdrawal from the Union of 11 southern states in the period 1860–61, which brought on the Civil War.
[1525–35; < Latin sēcessiō withdrawal]
se•ces′sion•al, adj.
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Secession
a body of seceders, 1600; secessionists collectively, 1862. Also, secesh.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Secession
The act of leaving the Union by any state.
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| Noun | 1. | secession - an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s school - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting" art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles |
| 2. | Secession - the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War | |
| 3. | secession - formal separation from an alliance or federation separation - the act of dividing or disconnecting breakaway, breaking away - the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood" |
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secession
noun withdrawal, break, split, defection, seceding, apostasy, disaffiliation the Ukraine's secession from the Soviet Union
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secession
n → Abspaltung f; (US Hist) → Sezession f
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