Hypertext Webster Gateway: "secession"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Secession \Se*ces"sion\, n. [L. secessio: cf. F. s['e]cession.
See {Secede}.]
1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or
association with others, as in a religious or political
organization; withdrawal.
2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national
Union.
{Secession Church} (in Scotland). See {Seceder}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
secession
n : formal separation from an alliance or federation [syn: {withdrawal}]
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