What Does Secede Mean?

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Definitions for secedesɪˈsidse·cede

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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. secede, splinter, break awayverb

   withdraw from an organization or communion

   "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. secedeverb

   To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.

2. secedeverb

   To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.

3. Etymology: From secedo, from se- ("apart") + cedo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SECEDEverb

   To withdraw from fellowship in any affair.

   Etymology: secedo, Latin.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. secede

   Secession is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance. Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the Southern States seceding from the Union during the American Civil War, the former Soviet republics leaving the Soviet Union after its dissolution, Texas leaving Mexico during the Texas Revolution, Biafra leaving Nigeria and returning after losing the Nigerian Civil War, and Ireland leaving the United Kingdom. Threats of secession can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals. It is, therefore, a process, which commences once a group proclaims the act of secession (e.g. declaration of independence). A secession attempt might be violent or peaceful, but the goal is the creation of a new state or entity independent from the group or territory it seceded from.

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1. secede

   To secede means to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, such as from a political union, a religious organization, or affiliation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. Secedeverb

   to withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body

2. Etymology: [L. secedere, secessum; pref se- aside + cedere to go, move. See Cede.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Secede

   sē-sēd′, v.i. to go away: to separate one's self: to withdraw from fellowship or association.—ns. Secē′der, one who secedes: one of a body of Presbyterians who seceded from the Church of Scotland about 1733; Seces′sion, the act of seceding: withdrawal: departure; Seces′sionism, the doctrine of secession; Seces′sionist, one who maintains the principle of secession.—War of Secession, in United States history, the civil war (1860-65) which resulted from the attempted withdrawal of eleven Southern States from the United States. [L. secedĕre, secessum—se-, away, cedĕre, to go.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of secede in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of secede in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of secede in a Sentence

1. Sean Wilentz:

   Who knows what is going to happen ? rural America can not secede from Rural America. I think we'll be in historically uncharted waters... and Rural America scares the bejesus out of me.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=secede
2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Secede
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionaryhttps://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=secede
4. ^ Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secede
5. ^ ChatGPThttps://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionaryhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secede
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionaryhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=secede
8. ^ Usage in printed sourceshttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=secede

Translations for secede

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• الانفصالArabic
• abspaltenGerman
• secesionarseSpanish
• erotaFinnish
• faire sécessionFrench
• किसी मंडली से हटनाHindi
• kiválikHungarian
• выйти, отделиться, выходить, отделятьсяRussian
• utträdaSwedish
• వేరు పడుTelugu
• แยกThai
• 脱离Chinese

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