| Pronunciation: | | si'seshun
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- [n] formal separation from an alliance or federation
- [n] the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
- [n] an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French Art Nouveau in the 1890s
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SECESSION is a 9 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | Sezession, withdrawal |
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| | See Also: | | art movement, artistic movement, breakaway, breaking away, separation |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Se*ces"sion\, n. [L. secessio: cf. F. s['e]cession.
See {Secede}.]
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}.
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