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Definition of Secede
1. Verb. Withdraw from an organization or communion. "The girls secede the wooden sticks"; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
Generic synonyms: Break, Break Up, Part, Separate, Split, Split Up
Derivative terms: Breakaway, Secession
Definition of Secede
1. v. i. To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body.
Definition of Secede
1. Verb. (intransitive) To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Secede
1. to withdraw formally from an alliance or association [v -CEDED, -CEDING, -CEDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Secede
Literary usage of Secede
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the War on the South, 1861-1865 by Elizabeth Avery Meriwether (1904)
"Federal hate cf the Union and desire to secede was based on fear and hate of
Democracy. Powell says: "It must be borne in mind that not once in all this ..."
2. Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the War on the South, 1861-1865 by Elizabeth Avery Meriwether (1904)
"Federal hate of the Union and desire to secede based on fear and hate of Democracy.
Powell says: "It must be borne in mind that not once in all this plot- ..."
3. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"SOUTH CAROLINA THE FIRST TO secede. — HER DELEGATION IN THE HOUSE PUBLISH A CARD
WITHDRAWING. — OTHER STATES FOLLOW. —MR. ..."
4. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1903)
"... secede—Lord John accepts the Colonial Office—Sir George Lewis Chancellor of
the Exchequer—Death of the Emperor Nicholas of Russia—Lord Palmerston ..."
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