secession Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
    sezession.
  2. noun the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
  3. noun formal separation from an alliance or federation
    withdrawal.

WordNet

Se*ces"sion noun
Etymology
L. secessio: cf. F. sécession. See Secede.
Definitions
  1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
  2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.

Webster 1913