Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of seceding.
- noun The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860–1861, precipitating the US Civil War.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of seceding or withdrawing; withdrawal; retirement; seclusion; detachment; separation.
- noun Specifically, the act of seceding or withdrawing from a religious or political organization or association; formal withdrawal.
- noun 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).
- noun In United States history, the attempted withdrawal, in 1860–61, of eleven States from the Union. See
Confederate States , under confederate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
- noun (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
- noun (in Scotland). See
Seceder .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
seceding .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
- noun an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
- noun formal separation from an alliance or federation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In Quebec, real interest in secession is probably at an all-time low.
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Asked by Hannity why he used the term "secession" during a 2009 Austin tea party rally, Perry said the incident never happened.
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You know people as a True Texan myself ... that stupid remark about 'secession' is becoming an old and tired joke.
Hutchison announces gubernatorial bid, raises $6.7 million 2009
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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 2010
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Any Governor that would talk about the possibility of secession from the union is ....
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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.
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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.
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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.
Sadia Ali Aden: "SSC" Is the Last Hope to Bridge Somalia Back Together Sadia Ali Aden 2012
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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.
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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.
chained_bear commented on the word secession
I've been mesmerized all morning by this animated page. Even though some of its facts are wrong.
April 1, 2008
Bosporan commented on the word secession
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."
January 7, 2013