n. 1 formal withdrawal or separation; 2 the withdrawal of the Southern states from the federal Union at the start of the Civil War
The secession of the Southern states began the Civil War.
withdrawal; voluntary separation; breakaway
joining
3 syllables
se-ces-sion
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