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In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
John Sergeant Wise

Meaning of "secession" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SECESSION

From Latin sēcessiō a withdrawing, from sēcēdere to secede.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SECESSION

secession  [sɪˈsɛʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECESSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Secession is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECESSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Secession

Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, military alliance or especially a political entity. Threats of secession can also be a strategy for achieving more limited goals.

Definition of secession in the English dictionary

The definition of secession in the dictionary is the act of seceding. Other definition of secession is the withdrawal in 1860–61 of 11 Southern states from the Union to form the Confederacy, precipitating the American Civil War.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SECESSION


accession
əkˈsɛʃən
cession
ˈsɛʃən
circuminsession
ˌsɜːkəmɪnˈsɛʃən
concession
kənˈsɛʃən
decession
dɪˈsɛʃən
depression
dɪˈprɛʃən
expression
ɪkˈsprɛʃən
impression
ɪmˈprɛʃən
intercession
ˌɪntəˈsɛʃən
obsession
əbˈsɛʃən
postrecession
ˌpəʊstrɪˈsɛʃən
precession
prɪˈsɛʃən
procession
prəˈsɛʃən
reaccession
ˌriːəkˈsɛʃən
recession
rɪˈsɛʃən
retrocession
ˌrɛtrəʊˈsɛʃən
self-obsession
ˌsɛlfəbˈsɛʃən
session
ˈsɛʃən
succession
səkˈsɛʃən
supersession
ˌsuːpəˈsɛʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECESSION

secateur
secateurs
secco
secede
seceder
secern
secernent
secernment
secesh
secesher
secessional
secessionism
secessionist
sech
seckle
seclude
secluded
secludedly
secludedness
seclusion

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECESSION

admission
aggression
commission
compassion
confession
conversion
discussion
emission
European Commission
mission
passion
percussion
permission
possession
pression
profession
progression
regression
submission
suppression
transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of secession in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SECESSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «secession» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of secession

Translation of «secession» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SECESSION

Find out the translation of secession to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of secession from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «secession» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

退出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secesión
570 millions of speakers

English

secession
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अलगाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انفصال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отделение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

secessão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপসরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sécession
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemisahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abspaltung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分離独立
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

분리 독립
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seger
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự phân ly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிவினை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलगाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayrılma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

secessione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

secesja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відділення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

secesiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απόσχιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afskeiding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utbrytning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

løsrivelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of secession

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECESSION»

The term «secession» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.255 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SECESSION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about secession

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4 QUOTES WITH «SECESSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word secession.
1
Belle Boyd
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided not to recognise the Confederacy, public opinion in England was sharply divided on the questions both of slavery and of secession.
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L. Neil Smith
What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.
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John Sergeant Wise
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECESSION»

Discover the use of secession in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to secession and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Secession: International Law Perspectives
This 2006 book offers a comprehensive study of secession from an international law perspective, focusing on practice and applicable rules of international law.
Marcelo G. Kohen, 2006
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Secession, State, and Liberty
The contributors to this volume have filled this gap with wide-ranging investigations -- rooted in history, political philosophy, ethics, and economic theory -- of secessionist movements in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
David Gordon
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Creating New States: Theory and Practice of Secession
This key volume examines the political, social and legal processes of the practice of secession, carefully illustrated by eight case studies.
Aleksandar Pavković, 2007
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Secession
The long established political power of the South was no longer invincible. The northern politicians were beginning to push back. Some southern leaders foresaw the economic dangers of secession and instead planned to overtake the Republic.
Comte De Paris, 2009
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Secession: The Morality of Political Divorce from Fort ...
This is the first book-length treatment of an increasingly crucial topic. Professor Buchanan develops a coherent theory of the conditions under which secession is morally justifiable and applies it to historical and contemporary examples.
Allen E. Buchanan, 1991
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Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and ...
Directly refuting the neo-Confederate contention that slavery was neither the reason for secession nor the catalyst for the resulting onset of hostilities in 1861, Charles B. Dew finds in the commissioners' brutally candid rhetoric a stark ...
Charles B. Dew, 2002
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Secession and International Law: Conflict Avoidance : ...
The contents of this volume are based on the results of those conferences.
Julie Dahlitz, 2003
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Secession: The Southern States Leave the Union
Discusses the series of events that lead to the secession of the southern states from the Union and to the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Judith Peacock, 2002
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War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of ...
A decade after the 1971 wars in South Asia, the principal decisionmakers were still uncertain why wars so clearly unwanted had occurred.
Richard Sisson, Leo E. Rose, 1991
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Secession:
Albert Oehlens continuing restless quest finds its latest manifestation in these Secession paintings of 2003-2004.
Albert Oehlen, Annette Südbeck, Wiener Secession, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECESSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term secession is used in the context of the following news items.
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Upstate New York towns consider secession after state bans fracking
While secession is a long shot, it garnered further attention when it was included in a survey conducted by New York State Senator Tom Libous earlier this ... «PBS NewsHour, Mar 15»
2
Spain's Top Court: Catalan Secession Vote Unconstitutional
MADRID — Spain's Constitutional Court has unanimously declared a vote on secession by the powerful northeastern region of Catalonia last November as ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
3
Spanish army chief makes dark comments about Catalonia …
Spain's army chief has waded into the growing storm over Catalonia's secession bid from Madrid. Chief of the General Staff Jaime Domínguez Buj likened the ... «Washington Post, Nov 14»
4
Spanish leader calls Catalan secession vote a flop
The Catalonia region's president was riding a wave of enthusiasm among independence seekers Monday, a day after a non-binding vote on secession from ... «Yahoo News, Nov 14»
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Exclusive: Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession
BOSTON The failed Scottish vote to pull out from the United Kingdom stirred secessionist hopes for some in the United States, where almost a quarter of people ... «Reuters, Sep 14»
6
Europes Secession Panic
Win or lose today, the Scottish independence movement has already had an impact on much of Europe—especially regions with organized separatist ... «Daily Beast, Sep 14»
7
Eying Scotland, Spain Catalans seek secession vote
Unlike the Scottish ballot, a vote in Catalonia wouldn't result in secession. Mas' proposed referendum would ask Catalans whether they favor secession. «Yahoo News, Sep 14»
8
California Secession: 51st State Petition Grabs Attention, Doomed …
If the California secession petition passed from a ballot-box vote, the entities would take on the following names: Jefferson State, Silicon Valley, North California, ... «The Inquisitr, Aug 14»
9
Meeting Fails to Forestall Catalonia Secession Vote
But afterward, Mr. Mas told reporters that his secessionist plans remained on track and that there was “no proposal on the part of the state to resolve this political ... «New York Times, Jul 14»
10
Two more Northern California counties may support breakaway state
... to take up the matter and officially discuss supporting the secession movement, which has so far been joined by nearby Modoc, Siskiyou and Glenn counties. «Los Angeles Times, May 14»

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