secession
The act of seceding.
Example
“That year, secession was enacted on account of unreasonable policies.”
Related words
- antisecession
- nonsecession
- secessionary
- secessiondom
- secessioner
- secessionistic
- secessional
- secessionism
- secessionist
- Secession War
- Secession Winter
Word history
From Latin "sēcessiō" (a withdrawing).
Where this comes from
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