SECESSION - Definition

Pronunciation:		si'seshun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] formal separation from an alliance or federation [n] the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War [n] an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French Art Nouveau in the 1890s

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	Synonyms:	Sezession, withdrawal

	See Also:	art movement, artistic movement, breakaway, breaking away, separation

Products Dictionary

	Definition:	Secession Discusses the series of events that lead to the secession of the southern states from the Union and to the start of the Civil War in 1861. more details ...

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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}.