noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/səˈsɛʃən/
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CMU ARPABET:S IH0 S EH1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of seceding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
That year, secession was enacted on account of unreasonable policies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: armed secession, secession war, war of secession
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
formal separation from an alliance or federation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: withdrawal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separation
Narrower terms: breakaway, breaking away
3
noun
Meaning 3
the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separation
4
noun
Meaning 4
an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sezession
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: school, artistic movement, art movement
History
Etymology
From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”).
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
إِنْشِقَاق
(ʔinšiqāq)
— The act of seceding
Armenian:
սեցեսիա
(secʻesia)
— The act of seceding
Armenian:
անջատում
(anǰatum)
— The act of seceding
Azerbaijani:
ayrılma
— The act of seceding
Belarusian:
аддзяле́нне
(addzjaljénnje)
— The act of seceding
Belarusian:
сэцэ́сія
(secésija)
— The act of seceding
Bulgarian:
отцепване
(otcepvane)
— The act of seceding
Bulgarian:
сеце́сия
(secésija)
— The act of seceding
Catalan:
secessió
— The act of seceding
Chinese Mandarin:
脫離 /脱离
(tuōlí)
— The act of seceding
Chinese Mandarin:
退出
(tuìchū)
— The act of seceding
Czech:
secese
— The act of seceding
Czech:
odtržení
— The act of seceding
Czech:
odtržení se
— The act of seceding
Czech:
oddělení
— The act of seceding
Czech:
oddělení se
— The act of seceding
Czech:
odloučení
— The act of seceding
Danish:
løsrivelse
— The act of seceding
Dutch:
afscheiding
— The act of seceding
Dutch:
afscheiden
— The act of seceding
Dutch:
secessie
— The act of seceding
Dutch:
separatie
— The act of seceding
Esperanto:
secesio
— The act of seceding
Estonian:
setsessioon
— The act of seceding
Estonian:
eraldumine
— The act of seceding
Finnish:
ero
— The act of seceding
Finnish:
eroaminen
— The act of seceding
French:
sécession
— The act of seceding
Galician:
secesión
— The act of seceding
Georgian:
გამოყოფა
(gamoq̇opa)
— The act of seceding
Georgian:
გადადება
(gadadeba)
— The act of seceding
German:
Sezession
— The act of seceding
German:
Abspaltung
— The act of seceding
Greek:
απόσχιση
(apóschisi)
— The act of seceding
Hindi:
अपगमन
(apagman)
— The act of seceding
Hungarian:
kiválás
— The act of seceding
Hungarian:
elszakadás
— The act of seceding
Hungarian:
függetlenedés
— The act of seceding
Italian:
secessione
— The act of seceding
Japanese:
脱退
(dattai)
— The act of seceding
Japanese:
離脱
(ritatsu)
— The act of seceding
Khmer:
អបគមន៍
(a’pa’ kɔɔm)
— The act of seceding
Korean:
탈퇴
(taltoe)
— The act of seceding
Korean:
이탈
(ital)
— The act of seceding
Korean:
리탈
(rital)
— The act of seceding
Latin:
sēcessiō
— The act of seceding
Latvian:
secesija
— The act of seceding
Macedonian:
сецесија
(secesija)
— The act of seceding
Māori:
tūrangahapa
— The act of seceding
Norwegian Bokmål:
løsrivelse
— The act of seceding
Occitan:
secession
— The act of seceding
Persian:
تجزیهطلبی
(tajziye-talabi)
— The act of seceding
Persian:
جداییخواهی
(jodâ-ye-xâhi)
— The act of seceding
Polish:
secesja
— The act of seceding
Portuguese:
secessão
— The act of seceding
Romanian:
secesiune
— The act of seceding
Russian:
отделе́ние
(otdelénije)
— The act of seceding
Russian:
сеце́ссия
(secéssija)
— The act of seceding
Serbo-Croatian:
сецѐсија
— The act of seceding
Serbo-Croatian:
secèsija
— The act of seceding
Slovak:
secesia
— The act of seceding
Slovene:
secessija
— The act of seceding
Spanish:
secesión
— The act of seceding
Swedish:
utträde
— The act of seceding
Swedish:
utbrytning
— The act of seceding
Swedish:
secession
— The act of seceding
Tajik:
ҷудошавӣ
(judošavi)
— The act of seceding
Telugu:
వేర్పాటు
(vērpāṭu)
— The act of seceding
Turkish:
ayrılma
— The act of seceding
Ukrainian:
відді́лення
(viddílennja)
— The act of seceding
Ukrainian:
сеце́сія
(secésija)
— The act of seceding