secession

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: se=ces=sion

CIDE DICTIONARY

secession, n. [L. secessio: cf. F. sécession. See Secede.].

•  The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.  [1913 Webster]
•  The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.  [1913 Webster]

Secession Church (in Scotland). See Seceder.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

secession, n.
1 the act or an instance of seceding.
2 (Secession) hist. the withdrawal of eleven southern States from the US Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.

Derivative

secessional adj. secessionism n. secessionist n.

Etymology

F s{eacute}cession or L secessio (as SECEDE)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

secession

Relinquishment

N relinquishment, abandonment, desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal, cave of Adullam, nolle prosequi, discontinuance, renunciation, abrogation, resignation, desuetude, cession, unpursued, relinquished, relinquishing, Int, avast!, aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben, entbehre gern was du nicht hast, relinquishment, abandonment, renunciation, expropriation, dereliction, cession, surrender, dispensation, quitclaim deed, resignation, riddance, derelict, foundling, jetsam, waif, discards, culls, rejects, garbage, refuse, rubbish, relinquished, cast off, derelict, unowned, unappropriated, unculled, left, Int, away with!.

Disobedience

N disobedience, insubordination, contumacy, infraction, infringement, violation, noncompliance, nonobservance, revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute, riot, tumult, strike, barring out, defiance, mutinousness, mutineering, sedition, treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason, premunire, lese majeste, violation of law, defection, secession, insurgent, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, traitor, quisling, carbonaro, sansculottes, red republican, bonnet rouge, communist, Fenian, frondeur, seceder, secessionist, runagate, renegade, brawler, anarchist, demagogue, Spartacus, Masaniello, Wat Tyler, Jack Cade, ringleader, disobedient, uncomplying, uncompliant, unsubmissive, unruly, ungovernable, breachy, insubordinate, impatient of control, incorrigible, restiff, restive, refractory, contumacious, recusant, recalcitrant, resisting, lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous, unobeyed, unbidden, seditiosissimus quisque ignavus, unthread the rude eye of rebellion.

Dissent

N dissent, discordance, difference diversity of opinion, nonconformity, protestantism, recusancy, schism, disaffection, secession, recantation, dissension, discontent, cavilling, protest, contradiction, noncompliance, dissentient, dissenter, non-juror, non-content, nonconformist, sectary, separatist, recusant, schismatic, protestant, heretic, refusal, dissenting, negative, dissident, dissentient, unconsenting, non-content, nonjuring, protestant, recusant, unconvinced, unconverted, unavowed, unacknowledged, out of the question, discontented, unwilling, extorted, sectarian, denominational, schismatic, heterodox, intolerant, no, at variance, at issue with, under protest, Int, God forbid!, not for the world, I'll be hanged if, never tell me, your humble servant, pardon me, many men many minds, quot homines tot sententiae, tant s'en faut, il s'en faut bien, no way, by no means, count me out.