Secession
[sɪ'seʃ(ə)n] or [sɪ'sɛʃən]
Definition
(noun.) formal separation from an alliance or federation.
(noun.) the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War.
(noun.) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s.
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Definition
(n.) The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
(n.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Withdrawal.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Separation, withdrawal
ANT:Union, adherence
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Examples
- It was generally believed that there would be a flurry; that some of the extreme Southern States would go so far as to pass ordinances of secession. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was an allegory, representing Mr. Davis in the act of signing a secession act or some such document. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This secession was an immense loss to her, she alleged. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Secession was illogical as well as impracticable; it was revolution. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His district had been settled originally by people from the Southern States, and at the breaking out of secession they sympathized with the South. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This had been the secret of his secession at the time of Lord Raymond's election. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They would surely have resisted secession could they have lived to see the shape it assumed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was evident to my mind that the election of a Republican President in 1856 meant the secession of all the Slave States, and rebellion. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The secession of one State after another followed, until eleven had gone out. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They went so far as to repeal, after a spirited and acrimonious debate, the ordinance of secession. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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