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Definition of 'secession'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) secession
an act or instance of seceding.

2. secession
(often cap.) the withdrawal from the Union of 11 southern states in the period 1860–61, which brought on the Civil War.

Etymology: (1525–35; < L sēcessiō withdrawal)

Definition of 'secession'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) secession, sezession
an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

2. (noun) Secession
the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

3. (noun) secession, withdrawal
formal separation from an alliance or federation

Definition of 'secession'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) secession
the act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal

2. (noun) secession
the withdrawal of a State from the national Union

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