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1. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › secessionSECESSION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SECESSION definition: 1. the act of becoming independent and no longer part of a country, area, organization, etc.: 2…. Learn more.

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     the act of becoming independent and no longer part of a...

   • Znaczenie Secession, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     SECESSION definicja: 1. the act of becoming independent and...

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     SECESSIONIST definition: 1. relating to or supporting...

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   What does “secession” mean?

   • While the formal definition of the word “secession” refers to “the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state,” our Club chose its name, its crossed flags logo, and the manner by which we conduct our affairs to reflect and embrace an altogether different meaning.

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   What does secession mean to a young man?

   • "Young man, you listen too closely. Secession means thata State, like our Virginia, being dissatisfied with the waythe Union is managed, would withdraw from the Union, andestablish an independent government of her own, or form anew one with other States which withdrew with her. Secessionists are men who threaten to do that."

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   What does secede mean?

   • 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. [Latin sēcessiō, sēcessiōn-, from sēcessus, past participle of sēcēdere, to secede; see secede .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   When was the Secession formed?

   • The Secession— a term meaning “to break away”—formed in April of 1897 when a number of members within the Association of Austrian Artists departed in frustration.

   Josef Maria Olbrich, The Secession Building - Khan Academy

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   The meaning of SECESSION is withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement. How to use secession in a sentence.

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   noun. The withdrawal from the United States of eleven southern states in 1860 and 1861. The seceding states formed a government, the Confederacy, in early 1861. Hostilities against the remaining United States, the Union, began in April 1861 ( see Fort Sumter ), and the Civil War followed.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › secessionSECESSION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   the act of becoming independent and no longer part of a country, area, organization, etc.: Norway's secession from Sweden in 1905. See. secede. Fewer examples. They discussed the newly emerging possibility that the Holyrood Scottish Parliament might move towards secession.

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   secession The withdrawal from the United States of eleven southern states in 1860 and 1861. The seceding states formed a government, the Confederacy , in early 1861.

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   The noun secession refers to a big break-up — a formal split, an official “Good-bye to you!” — among political entities. If France has really, truly had it with the European Union, then a French secession movement may be in order.

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   Define secession. secession synonyms, secession pronunciation, secession translation, English dictionary definition of secession. 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....