secede
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secedes, 3rd person singular present; seceded, past tense; seceded, past participle; seceding, present participle;
/siˈsēd/,
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secedes, 3rd person singular present; seceded, past tense; seceded, past participle; seceding, present participle;
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Withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
- - the kingdom of Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830
Web Definitions:
- withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
- Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio) is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. Threats of secession also can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals. ...
- To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation; To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation
- to detach a piece of land from a federal union.
- For one thing to separate itself from a group or organization. During the Civil War, several states seceded from the United States (the Union) to form their own group (the Confederacy).
- to withdraw from a union of states. This word is important in this chapter because the South SECEDED from the North before the Civil War.
- To withdraw or leave a group.