secession

se·ces·sion  (s-sshn)

n.

1. The act of seceding.

2. often Secession The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860-1861, precipitating the U.S. Civil War.

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[Latin scessi, scessin-, from scessus, past participle of scdere, to secede; see secede.]

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se·cession·al adj.

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secession

Noun

the act of seceding

secessionism n
secessionist nadj

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Secession a body of seceders, 1600; secessionists collectively, 1862. Also, secesh.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	secession - an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s sezession 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 withdrawal 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