succession
An act, process, or instance of succeeding
Other meanings
An act of following in sequence.
A sequence of things in order.
Synonyms
- sequence
Related words
- autosuccession
- nonsuccession
- successionism
- successionist
- successionless
- agreement as to succession
- successional
- apostolic succession
- line of succession
- order of succession
- rule of succession
- succession duty
Word history
From Latin "successiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “succession” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.