Definition of SECESSION

secession

Meanings

Plural: secessions

Noun

  • an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
  • the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
  • formal separation from an alliance or federation
  • The act of seceding.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”).

Synonyms

armed secession, secession war, sezession, war of secession, withdrawal

Scrabble Score: 11

secession is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
secession is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
secession is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

secession is a valid Words With Friends word