secession
(se-ces-sion)
3 syllables
Definition
noun. 1 formal withdrawal or separation; 2 the withdrawal of the Southern states from the federal Union at the start of the Civil War
Example Sentence
The secession of the Southern states began the Civil War.
Synonyms
withdrawal; voluntary separation; breakaway
Antonyms
joining
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Rhymes
- deshane
- deshon
- eschen
- freshen
- hessian
- hession
- question
- session
- accession
- aggression
- compression
- concession
- confession
- depression
- digression
- discretion
- expression
- impression
- obsession
- oppression
- possession
- precession
- procession
- profession
- progression
- recession
- regression
- repression
- secession
- succession
- suppression
- transgression
- decompression
- indiscretion
- intercession
- misimpression
- nonaggression
- repossession