secede
/si'si:d/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization, federation, or alliance: "Secede" describes the deliberate act of a group or entity officially leaving a larger union or association to which it previously belonged, often due to political, cultural, or ideological differences.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The state threatened to secede from the union over the new tax laws.
- Several members of the club decided to secede and form their own organization.
- Historically, some regions have attempted to secede to establish independent nations.
Advanced Usage
- "To secede from": This is the standard construction, indicating the entity being left.
- The province voted to secede from the federal republic.
- Used in legal and historical contexts to describe the formal process of separation, often implying a significant political or constitutional crisis.
Variants and Related Words
- Secession (n): The act of seceding.
- The secession of the southern states led to the American Civil War.
- Secessionist (n/adj): A person who advocates or supports secession; relating to secession.
- The secessionist movement gained momentum.
Synonyms
- Withdraw: To remove oneself from participation or membership.
- Break away: To leave a group or organization, often to form a new one.
- Separate: To move or be moved apart.
Antonyms
- Join: To become a member or part of.
- Unite: To come or bring together for a common purpose.
- Federate: To unite in a league or federation.
Related Phrases
- Right to secede: A political or legal principle claiming the legitimacy of withdrawal.
- The debate centered on whether states had a right to secede.
- Attempt to secede: An effort that may or may not be successful.
- The failed attempt to secede left deep divisions.
Verb
- withdraw from an organization or communion
- After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away