Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of seceding.
- n. The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860-1861, precipitating the U.S. Civil War.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of seceding or withdrawing; withdrawal; retirement; seclusion; detachment; separation.
- n. Specifically, the act of seceding or withdrawing from a religious or political organization or association; formal withdrawal.
- n. In Scottish eccles. hist., the separation from the Established Church of Scotland which originated in 1733; hence, the whole body of the members of the Secession Church (which see, below).
- n. In United States history, the attempted withdrawal, in 1860–61, of eleven States from the Union. See Confederate States, under confederate.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of seceding.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
- n. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
WordNet 3.0
- 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
- n. formal separation from an alliance or federation
Etymologies
- Latin sēcessiō, sēcessiōn-, from sēcessus, past participle of sēcēdere, to secede; see secede. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In Quebec, real interest in secession is probably at an all-time low.”
“Asked by Hannity why he used the term "secession" during a 2009 Austin tea party rally, Perry said the incident never happened.”
“You know people as a True Texan myself ... that stupid remark about 'secession' is becoming an old and tired joke.”
“The South's rejoining the Union at the point of a bayonet in the late 1860s didn't prove secession is "not an option" or unlawful.”
“Philip Phillips (I couldn't make this up), a Jewish congressman from Alabama, was actually a moderate who opposed the South's secession from the Union, while his wife was obviously a fire-breathing Rebel.”
“Any Governor that would talk about the possibility of secession from the union is ....”
“The Republican victory in that election resulted in seven Southern states declaring their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861.”
Virginia governor declares April as Confederate History Month
“Meanwhile, there are the howling voices of the women and children of these regions as they are torn between the men they love, their husbands, sons, fathers, brothers and next of kin, who are dying as a result of a tug of lethal war fought in the name of secession versus union.”
The Huffington Post: Sadia Ali Aden: "SSC" Is the Last Hope to Bridge Somalia Back Together
“Personally, I think believing in a right to secession is a technically wrong but not unreasonable position.”
“You rightwingnuts in this thread who think secession is not a “fringe position” – have not you all repeatedly sworn your allegiance to “one nation ... indivisible”?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘secession’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Gesundheit
Words that sound like sneezes
zucchini, zoology, wysiwyg, woodchuck, withhold, wichita, vacuum, twelfth, syzygy, synchronous, swatch, supersede and 120 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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my words
interminable, effete, convocation, philistines, malaise, foibles, deputation, anathematized, morass, stalwart, proselytize, abet and 405 more...
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Lay of the Land
all kinds of scapes
steppe, veld, veldt, campo, llano, taiga, krummholz, elfinwood, tundra, sward, lea, heath and 197 more...
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They Roll Off The Tongue
Words that are just fun to say. Entirely subjective, but I like 'em regardless. A complement to the list They Stumble Off The Tongue.
verisimilitude, parsimonious, soliloquy, insipid, ontological, plentifully, je ne sais quoi, misanthropic, bourgeoisie, parallelable, inclemency, frigidity and 159 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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vivek's list
flibbertigibbet, droll, reticence, prelude, erinaceous, brinkmanship, depone, inaniloquent, limerance, pronk, onomatopoeia, oxymoron and 385 more...
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my dictionary
palatial, immaculate, sleep-deprived, Kleptocracy, customs brokerage, parochial, stagnation, egregious, rife, interdict, unassuming, extortion and 81 more...
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difficult-list42
sagacious, sage, salacious, sallow, salubrious, salutary, sanctimonious, sanction, sanguinary, sanguine, sardonic, sartorial and 35 more...
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Loaded Words
Relatively common words that mean more than their bare definitions because of some historical context. (See also the list Loaded Words Part Deux.)
appeasement, containment, axis, abolition, evolution, transportation, confederate, savage, secession, frontier, glasnost, perestroika and 7 more...
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set 18
from 86 to 90
sequester, knell, drab, ascetic, feckless, conglomeration, felicity, perifidious, snivel, consanguinity, stilted, ludicrous and 63 more...
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Civil War
A list of words for our Civil War unit.
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10th Grade Unit 1 (Cede)
antecedent, concede, incessant, intercede, predecessor, secession, successor, unprecedented
Tweets
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Bosporan There is the photographic secession movement in the early 1900s
Stieglitz: "Yours truly, for the present, and there'll be others when the show opens. The idea of Secession is hateful to Americans - they'll be thinking of the Civil War. I'm not. Photo-Secession actually means a seceding from the accepted idea of what constitutes a photograph." Jan 7, 2013
chained_bear I've been mesmerized all morning by this animated page. Even though some of its facts are wrong. Apr 1, 2008