secede

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: se=cede

CIDE DICTIONARY

secede, v. i. [L. secedere, secessum; pref se- aside + cedere to go, move. See Cede.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

secede, v.intr. (usu. foll. by from) withdraw formally from membership of a political federation or a religious body.

Derivative

seceder n.

Etymology

L secedere secess- (as SE-, cedere go)

THESAURUS

secede

abandon, agree to differ, agree to disagree, apostacize, apostatize, be at variance, be in dissent, beg to differ, betray, bolt, break away, change sides, defect, desert, differ, disagree, disagree with, discord with, dissent, dissent from, divide on, drop out, fall away, fall off, forsake, go over, leave, let down, not agree, oppose, pull out, quit, rat, run out on, sell out, switch, switch over, take exception, take issue, turn cloak, withdraw, withhold assent

ROGET THESAURUS

secede

Disobedience

VB disobey, violate, infringe, shirk, set at defiance, set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of, take the law into one's own hands, kick over the traces, turn restive, run restive, champ the bit, strike, rise, rise in arms, secede, mutiny, rebel.

Dissent

VB dissent, demur, call in question, differ in opinion, disagree, say no, refuse assent, refuse to admit, cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate, contradict, have no notion of, differ toto caelo, revolt at, revolt from the idea, shake the head, shrug the shoulders, look askance, look askant, secede, recant.