Secede
[sɪ'siːd] or [sɪ'sid]
Definition
(verb.) withdraw from an organization or communion; 'After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away'.
Checker: Phyllis--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body.
Checker: Maryann
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Withdraw, retire, draw off.
Typist: Portia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Withdraw, retire, recede, separate, dissent, segregate
ANT:Adhere, accord, concur, conform, unite, amalgamate
Edited by Guthrie
Definition
v.i. to go away: to separate one's self: to withdraw from fellowship or association.—ns. Secē′der one who secedes: one of a body of Presbyterians who seceded from the Church of Scotland about 1733; Seces′sion the act of seceding: withdrawal: departure; Seces′sionism the doctrine of secession; Seces′sionist one who maintains the principle of secession.—War of Secession in United States history the civil war (1860-65) which resulted from the attempted withdrawal of eleven Southern States from the United States.
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Examples
- South Carolina promptly seceded after the result of the Presidential election was known. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The sky was stripped bare of clouds by the increasing gale, while the tide at its ebb seceded entirely from the town. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Instead of this the seceding States cried lustily,--Let us alone; you have no constitutional power to interfere with us. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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