Definition of Secession in English :

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Secession meaning in English

Meaning of Secession in English

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Secession

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Noun

1. secession, sezession

an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

2. secession

the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

3. secession, withdrawal

formal separation from an alliance or federation

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Secession

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noun
1. 
the act of seceding
2. (often capital) mainly US
the withdrawal in 1860–61 of 11 Southern states from the Union to form the Confederacy, precipitating the American Civil War

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Secession

see synonyms of secession
noun
1.  US
an act of seceding; formal withdrawal or separation
2.  [often S-]
the withdrawal of the Southern states from the federal Union at the start of the Civil War

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Secession

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n.
1. The act of seceding.
2. often Secession The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860-1861, precipitating the US Civil War.

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