secede
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verb (used without object), se·ced·ed, se·ced·ing.
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
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| —vb (often foll by from) | |
| (of a person, section, etc) to make a formal withdrawal of membership, as from a political alliance, church, organization, etc | |
| [C18: from Latin sēcēdere to withdraw, from sē- apart + cēdere to go] | |
| se'ceder | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
secede
1702, "to leave one's companions," from L. secedere (see secession). Sense of "to withdraw from a political or religious alliance of union" is recorded from 1755.
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Neither of this units have the right to secede from the federation.
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