intransitive verb seceded -·ced′ed, seceding -·ced′·ing
to withdraw formally from membership in, or association with, a group, organization, etc., esp. a political group
Etymology:
L secedere < se-, sed-, apart (< IE base *se-, *swe-, apart, lone > OE swæs, special, dear) + cedere, to go: see cede
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