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 [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

[from Latin sēcessiō a withdrawing, from sēcēdere to secede]

secessional  adj

secessionism  n

secessionist  n & adj

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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 the Ukraine's secession from the Soviet Union

Translations

secession [sɪˈseʃən] N → secesión f, separación f (from de)

secession [sɪˈsɛʃ^ən] n → sécession f

secession

n → Abspaltung f; (US Hist) → Sezession f

secession [sɪˈsɛʃ/ən] n (frm) secession (from) → secessione f (da)