Meanings
plural secessions
- countableuncountableThe act of seceding.
That year, secession was enacted on account of unreasonable policies.
Synonyms: armed secession, secession war, war of secession
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of seceding.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsēcessiō“a withdrawing”
- Englishsecession
From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”).
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Arabic إِنْشِقَاق
- إِنْشِقَاق (ʔinšiqāq)The act of seceding
Bulgarian отцепване, сеце́сия
- отцепване (otcepvane)The act of seceding
- сеце́сия (secésija)The act of seceding
Catalan secessió
- secessióThe act of seceding
Chinese Mandarin 脫離 /脱离, 退出
- 脫離 /脱离 (tuōlí)The act of seceding
- 退出 (tuìchū)The act of seceding
Czech secese, odtržení
- seceseThe act of seceding
- odtrženíThe act of seceding
- odtržení seThe act of seceding
- odděleníThe act of seceding
- oddělení seThe act of seceding
- odloučeníThe act of seceding
Danish løsrivelse
- løsrivelseThe act of seceding
Dutch afscheiding, afscheiden
- afscheidingThe act of seceding
- afscheidenThe act of seceding
- secessieThe act of seceding
- separatieThe act of seceding
Esperanto secesio
- secesioThe act of seceding
Estonian setsessioon, eraldumine
- setsessioonThe act of seceding
- eraldumineThe act of seceding
Finnish ero, eroaminen
- eroThe act of seceding
- eroaminenThe act of seceding
French sécession
- sécessionThe act of seceding
German Sezession, Abspaltung
- SezessionThe act of seceding
- AbspaltungThe act of seceding
Greek απόσχιση
- απόσχιση (apóschisi)The act of seceding
Hindi अपगमन
- अपगमन (apagman)The act of seceding
Hungarian kiválás, elszakadás
- kiválásThe act of seceding
- elszakadásThe act of seceding
- függetlenedésThe act of seceding
Italian secessione
- secessioneThe act of seceding
Japanese 脱退, 離脱
- 脱退 (dattai)The act of seceding
- 離脱 (ritatsu)The act of seceding
Korean 탈퇴, 이탈
- 탈퇴 (taltoe)The act of seceding
- 이탈 (ital)The act of seceding
- 리탈 (rital)The act of seceding
Latin sēcessiō
- sēcessiōThe act of seceding
Latvian secesija
- secesijaThe act of seceding
Māori tūrangahapa
- tūrangahapaThe act of seceding
Norwegian Bokmål løsrivelse
- løsrivelseThe act of seceding
Persian تجزیهطلبی, جداییخواهی
- تجزیهطلبی (tajziye-talabi)The act of seceding
- جداییخواهی (jodâ-ye-xâhi)The act of seceding
Polish secesja
- secesjaThe act of seceding
Portuguese secessão
- secessãoThe act of seceding
Romanian secesiune
- secesiuneThe act of seceding
Russian отделе́ние, сеце́ссия
- отделе́ние (otdelénije)The act of seceding
- сеце́ссия (secéssija)The act of seceding
Slovak secesia
- secesiaThe act of seceding
Spanish secesión
- secesiónThe act of seceding
Swedish utträde, utbrytning
- utträdeThe act of seceding
- utbrytningThe act of seceding
- secessionThe act of seceding
Turkish ayrılma
- ayrılmaThe act of seceding
Ukrainian відді́лення, сеце́сія
- відді́лення (viddílennja)The act of seceding
- сеце́сія (secésija)The act of seceding
Vietnamese sự ra khỏi, sự ly khai
- sự ra khỏiThe act of seceding
- sự ly khaiThe act of seceding
Cite this entry
secession. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secession
“secession.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secession. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “secession,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/secession.
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