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se·cede (si sēd)

intransitive verb -·ceded, -·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

secede Related Forms
se·ceder noun
secede Synonyms

secede

v.

withdraw, retract, leave, break away from; see retire 1, retreat 1.

secede Usage Examples

Object

  • organization: NOTES: #1 This organization seceded from that in TABLE 5 in 1990.
  • state: Stanton disagreed with Johnson's plans to readmit the seceded states to the Union without guarantees of civil rights for freed slaves.
  • fort: Davis took the view that after a state seceded, federal forts became the property of the state.
  • group: Debates over baptism led to a series of seceding groups.
  • congregation: One congregation seceded as a result of this negative view.

Modifying Another Word

  • practically: As things now stand a country could practically secede from the EU by simply declaring its independence.
  • again: He had also again seceded in Babylon and supported the allies.
  • rather: In December 1884, the majority seceded rather than expel the minority, and formed a new organization called the Socialist League.

Preposition: from

  • union: However, Johnson disapproved when Tennessee seceded from the union in June, 1861.
  • empire: Feudalism was replaced by absolutism and many territories seceded from the Empire to form their own centralized states.
  • federation: As a result, Honduras wasted little time in formally seceding from the federation once it was free to do so.

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