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Definition of Secession
1. Noun. An Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s.
2. Noun. The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War.
3. Noun. Formal separation from an alliance or federation.
Generic synonyms: Separation
Specialized synonyms: Breakaway, Breaking Away
Derivative terms: Secede, Withdraw
Definition of Secession
1. n. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
Definition of Secession
1. Noun. The act of seceding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Secession
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Secession
Literary usage of Secession
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"We need not remind you that by a very large majority of the voters of the
commonwealth secession was rejected and repudiated, by the election of delegates ..."
2. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by Marion Mills Miller, United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"introduced in the Senate a resolution to the effect that, whatever view be taken
of the right of secession, seven States having withdrawn from the Union and ..."
3. Great Debates in American Hist: From the Debates in the British Parliament by United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament, Marion Mills Miller (1913)
"introduced in the Senate a resolution to the effect that, whatever view be taken
of the right of secession, seven States having withdrawn from the Union and ..."
4. Georgia and State Rights: A Study of the Political History of Georgia from by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1902)
"secession was advocated by its supporters as a means to the more certain ...
But, on the other hand, the opposition to secession in Georgia was not ..."
5. The Constitutional History of the United States, 1765/1895 by Francis Newton Thorpe (1901)
"THE PROCEDURE IN secession. Secretary of the Treasury, Howell Cobb, of Georgia;
the Secretary of War, John B. Floyd, of Virginia; and the Secretary of the ..."
6. History of the United States: From Aboriginal Times to Taft's Administration by John Clark Ridpath (1911)
"By the 1st of February, 1861, six other States— Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—had passed ordinances of secession and ..."
7. History of the United States: From Aboriginal Times to Taft's Administration by John Clark Ridpath (1911)
"By the 1st of February, 1861, six other States— Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—had passed ordinances of secession and ..."
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