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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun secession has 3 senses
- secession(n = noun.group) sezession - an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s; Array is a kind of school, art movement, artistic movement
- secession(n = noun.act) Array - the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War; Array is a kind of separation
- secession(n = noun.act) withdrawal - formal separation from an alliance or federation; Array is a kind of separation
has particulars: breakaway, breaking away
Derived form verb secede1
CIDE DICTIONARY
secession, n. [L. secessio: cf. F. sécession. See Secede.].
- The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal. [1913 Webster]
- The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
secession, n.
1 the act or an instance of seceding.
2 (Secession) hist. the withdrawal of eleven southern States from the US Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
1 the act or an instance of seceding.
2 (Secession) hist. the withdrawal of eleven southern States from the US Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
Derivative
secessional adj. secessionism n. secessionist n.
Etymology
F s{eacute}cession or L secessio (as SECEDE)
THESAURUS
secession
agreement to disagree, alienation, apostasy, backsliding, betrayal, bolt, break, breakaway, breaking, counter-culture, defection, dereliction, deserter, desertion, difference, disaccord, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disloyalty, disparity, dissatisfaction, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, diversity, dropping out, faithlessness, going over, minority opinion, nonagreement, nonassent, nonconcurrence, nonconformity, nonconsent, opposition, ratting, recidivation, recidivism, recreancy, recusance, recusancy, rejection, repudiation, retirement, schism, separation, treason, turning traitor, underground, variance, walkout, withdrawalROGET THESAURUS
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Relinquishment
N relinquishment, abandonment, desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal, cave of Adullam, nolle prosequi, discontinuance, renunciation, abrogation, resignation, desuetude, cession, unpursued, relinquished, relinquishing, Int, avast!, aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben, entbehre gern was du nicht hast, relinquishment, abandonment, renunciation, expropriation, dereliction, cession, surrender, dispensation, quitclaim deed, resignation, riddance, derelict, foundling, jetsam, waif, discards, culls, rejects, garbage, refuse, rubbish, relinquished, cast off, derelict, unowned, unappropriated, unculled, left, Int, away with!.Disobedience
N disobedience, insubordination, contumacy, infraction, infringement, violation, noncompliance, nonobservance, revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute, riot, tumult, strike, barring out, defiance, mutinousness, mutineering, sedition, treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason, premunire, lese majeste, violation of law, defection, secession, insurgent, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, traitor, quisling, carbonaro, sansculottes, red republican, bonnet rouge, communist, Fenian, frondeur, seceder, secessionist, runagate, renegade, brawler, anarchist, demagogue, Spartacus, Masaniello, Wat Tyler, Jack Cade, ringleader, disobedient, uncomplying, uncompliant, unsubmissive, unruly, ungovernable, breachy, insubordinate, impatient of control, incorrigible, restiff, restive, refractory, contumacious, recusant, recalcitrant, resisting, lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous, unobeyed, unbidden, seditiosissimus quisque ignavus, unthread the rude eye of rebellion.Dissent
N dissent, discordance, difference diversity of opinion, nonconformity, protestantism, recusancy, schism, disaffection, secession, recantation, dissension, discontent, cavilling, protest, contradiction, noncompliance, dissentient, dissenter, non-juror, non-content, nonconformist, sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic, refusal, dissenting, negative, dissident, dissentient, unconsenting, non-content, nonjuring, protestant, recusant, unconvinced, unconverted, unavowed, unacknowledged, out of the question, discontented, unwilling, extorted, sectarian, denominational, schismatic, heterodox, intolerant, no, at variance, at issue with, under protest, Int, God forbid!, not for the world, I'll be hanged if, never tell me, your humble servant, pardon me, many men many minds, quot homines tot sententiae, tant s'en faut, il s'en faut bien, no way, by no means, count me out.
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