secession in English dictionary

  • secession

    Meanings and definitions of "secession"

    • The act of seceding.
    • noun
      The act of seceding.
    • The act of seceding
    • withdrawal (e.g. from a lawsuit)
    • 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

    Synonyms of "secession" in English dictionary

    withdrawal, art movement, separation are the top synonyms of "secession" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of secession

    • secession ( plural  secessions)
  • Secession

    Meanings and definitions of "secession"

    • noun
      the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

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