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secession


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Secession  \Se*ces"sion\,  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. 
 
  2.  (U.S.  Hist.)  The  withdrawal  of  a  State  from  the  national 
  Union. 
 
  {Secession  Church}  (in  Scotland).  See  {Seceder}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  secession 
  n  :  formal  withdrawal  or  separation  from  an  alliance  or 
  federation  [syn:  {withdrawal}] 




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