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secession

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se⋅ces⋅sion

  [si-sesh-uhn]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of seceding.
2. (often initial capital letter) U.S. History. the withdrawal from the Union of 11 Southern states in the period 1860–61, which brought on the Civil War.
3. (usually initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of art in Germany and Austria concurrent with and related to Art Nouveau.
Origin:
1525–35; < L sēcessiōn- (s. of sēcessiō) withdrawal, equiv. to sēcess(us) (ptp. of sēcēdere to secede; see cession ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
se⋅ces⋅sion⋅al, adjective
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se·ces·sion   (sĭ-sěsh'ən)   
n.  

  1. The act of seceding.

  2. often Secession The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860-1861, precipitating the U.S. Civil War.


[Latin sēcessiō, sēcessiōn-, from sēcessus, past participle of sēcēdere, to secede; see secede.]
se·ces'sion·al adj.
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