About The Word Secession
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Secession
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What's The Definition Of Secession?
[n] formal separation from an alliance or federation
[n] the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War [n] an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French Art Nouveau in the 1890s Synonyms | Synonyms for Secession: Sezession | withdrawal Related Terms | Find terms related to Secession: See Also | art movement | artistic movement | breakaway | breaking away | separation Secession In Webster's Dictionary \Se*ces"sion\, n. [L. secessio: cf. F. s['e]cession.
See {Secede}.]
1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or
association with others, as in a religious or political
organization; withdrawal.
2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national
Union.
{Secession Church} (in Scotland). See {Seceder}.
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