Thesaurus: secession

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1. n. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
2. n. The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
3. n. an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
4. n. formal separation from an alliance or federation
5. 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal. 2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. Secession Church (in Scotland). See Seceder.
6. The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. SecessionChurch (in Scotland). See Seceder.
7. n:100 n. an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s n. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War n. formal separation from an alliance or federation