Definitions for Secession

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Secession se·ces·sion

Spelling: [si-sesh-uh n]

IPA: /sɪˈsɛʃ ən/

Secession is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in Secession (ceeinosss).

Definitions for Secession

noun

1. an act or instance of seceding.
2. (often initial capital letter) U.S. History. the withdrawal from the Union of 11 Southern states in the period 1860–61, which brought on the Civil War.
3. (usually initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of art in Germany and Austria concurrent with and related to Art Nouveau.

Origin of Secession

1525-35; Latin sēcessiōn- (stem of sēcessiō) withdrawal, equivalent to sēcess(us) (past participle of sēcēdere to secede; see cession) +

Examples for Secession

In the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Plains, and Far West, secession sympathizers top out at 22 percent of the population.

But very few of us have imagined that they could fuel a generalized positive view of secession.

From the top of the capitol building, he reflected on the fall of secession.

And here in America, the spirit of secession is gaining strength too.

According to Reuters, current Democrat support for secession is hovering around 20 percent.

Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy.

And then—and then a greater State than any will be forced into secession!

Washington's dead, sir; dead as a hammer, if this secession goes on.

Mr. Seeley does justice to the importance of the secession of the American colonies.

The larger the pro-secession minority becomes, the more the majority opposed to secession will believe that Hobbes was right.