Definitions for secessions

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secessions se·ces·sion

Spelling: [si-sesh-uh n]

IPA: /sɪˈsɛʃ ən/

Secessions is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in secessions (ceeinossss).

Definitions for secessions

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 secessions

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

Examples for secessions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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