secede

Secede 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.

See secede in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb seceded, seceding

to withdraw formally from membership in, or association with, a group, organization, etc., esp. a political group

Origin: L secedere < se-, sed-, apart (< IE base *se-, *swe-, apart, lone > OE swæs, special, dear) + cedere, to go: see cede

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See secede in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb se·ced·ed, se·ced·ing, se·cedes

To withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance.

Origin:

Origin: Latin sēcēdere, to withdraw

Origin: : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots

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