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secede

Tosecede is to separate or formally withdraw from a group or community. (verb)

When the South wanted to leave the Union prior to the Civil War, this is an example of a situation where the South tried to secede.

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See secede in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See secede in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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