Secession

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secession \Se*ces"sion\ (s[-e]*s[e^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L. secessio:
     cf. F. s['e]cession. See {Secede}.]
     1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or
        association with others, as in a religious or political
        organization; withdrawal.
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     2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national
        Union.
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     {Secession Church} (in Scotland). See {Seceder}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  secession
       n 1: an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the
            French art nouveau in the 1890s [syn: {sezession}]
       2: the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in
          1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
       3: formal separation from an alliance or federation [syn: {withdrawal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "secession":
     agreement to disagree, alienation, apostasy, backsliding, betrayal,
     bolt, break, breakaway, breaking, counter-culture, defection,
     dereliction, deserter, desertion, difference, disaccord,
     disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disloyalty, disparity,
     dissatisfaction, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence,
     diversity, dropping out, faithlessness, going over,
     minority opinion, nonagreement, nonassent, nonconcurrence,
     nonconformity, nonconsent, opposition, ratting, recidivation,
     recidivism, recreancy, recusance, recusancy, rejection,
     repudiation, retirement, schism, separation, treason,
     turning traitor, underground, variance, walkout, withdrawal