ALL meanings of secession
se·ces·sion
S s - noun secession formal withdrawal 1
- noun secession an act or instance of seceding. 1
- noun secession (often initial capital letter) U.S. History. the withdrawal from the Union of 11 Southern states in the period 1860–61, which brought on the Civil War. 1
- noun secession (usually initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of art in Germany and Austria concurrent with and related to Art Nouveau. 1
- uncountable noun secession The secession of a region or group from the country or larger group to which it belongs is the action of formally becoming separate. 0
- noun secession the act of seceding 0
- noun secession the withdrawal in 1860–61 of 11 Southern states from the Union to form the Confederacy, precipitating the American Civil War 0
- noun secession an act of seceding; formal withdrawal or separation 0
- noun secession the withdrawal of the Southern states from the federal Union at the start of the Civil War 0