secession

A secession is a breaking away from an organization, country, etc. (noun)

An example of a secession is when the South separated from the Union in the United States during the beginning of the Civil War period.

See secession in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

☆ an act of seceding; formal withdrawal or separation
the withdrawal of the Southern states from the federal Union at the start of the Civil War

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See secession in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(sĭ-sĕshˈən)

noun

The act of seceding.
often Secession The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860-1861, precipitating the U.S. Civil War.

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