secede

verb se·cede \ si-ˈsēd \

|Updated on: 26 Jun 2018

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Definition of secede

seceded; seceding

intransitive verb

: to withdraw from an organization (such as a religious communion or political party or federation)

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seceder

noun

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South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860.

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Last year, an effort dubbed Calexit sought to bring the question of whether California should secede from the US to this year's ballot.

— madison park, CNN, "Initiative to break California into 3 states to go on November ballot," 13 June 2018
This is, after all, the region at the center of a grassroots movement to secede from liberal California.

— david ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, "“Upstate CA?” Northern California has an image problem," 6 June 2018
Arguably, Russian President Vladimir Putin is the one who, in 2014, really hyped the idea that Russian speakers formed a specific political group that preferred to secede from Ukraine and needed Russia’s protection.

— joshua tucker, Washington Post, "Ukrainians are getting less divided by language, not more. Here’s the research.," 8 June 2018
The vote comes as Spain continues to battle economic woes and after a long political crisis with separatists in the region of Catalonia, who tried to secede from the country.

— tim lister, CNN, "Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces mutiny ahead of confidence vote," 31 May 2018
In 1918, after occupying British authorities gave Nakhchivan to Armenia, a local military hero tried to secede, and the region was briefly declared the independent Republic of Aras.

— ken jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, "People Have Been Arguing About Nakhchivan Since 'The Flood'," 21 May 2018
Housing discrimination and wealthier towns seceding from larger school districts have also contributed to segregation’s resurgence.

— stacy teicher khadaroo, The Christian Science Monitor, "Desegregation stalls, but voluntary efforts to boost it show promise," 14 May 2018
The woman, who resembles Elgaali’s mother but is not her, is mending a map of his birth country, Sudan, from which South Sudan seceded seven years ago.

— jonathan kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, "Exile in the Tenderloin: The quest for a future at San Francisco’s only Sudanese cafe," 17 May 2018
In 1861, the Virginia State Convention voted to secede from the Union.

— azcentral, "AZ Memo: How to see meteor shows in Arizona; border agent's murder case goes to jury; education funding and future tech jobs," 17 Apr. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of secede

Latin secedere, from sed-, se- apart (from sed, se without) + cedere to go — more at suicide

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: to separate from a nation or state and become independent

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Definition of secede for Students

seceded; seceding

: to end an association with an organization (as a country)

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