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se⋅cede

[si-seed]
–verb (used without object), -ced⋅ed, -ced⋅ing.
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.

Origin:
1695–1705; < L sēcēdere to withdraw. See se-, cede


se⋅ced⋅er, noun
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se·cede   (sĭ-sēd')   
intr.v.   se·ced·ed, se·ced·ing, se·cedes
To withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance.

[Latin sēcēdere, to withdraw : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]
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