secession

English

Noun

Wikipedia secession (plural secessions)

1. The act of seceding.

Usage notes

A common example of usage is the withdrawal of 11 Southern states of the United States of America from the Union in 1860–1861, precipitating the U.S. civil war

Related terms

• secessionist

Translations

The act of seceding

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫離 (cmn), 脱离 (cmn) (tuōlí), 退出 (cmn) (tuìchū)

• Finnish: ero (fi), eroaminen (fi)
• French: sécession (fr) f

• German: Sezession (de), Secession (de)
• Japanese: 脱退 (ja) (だったい, dattai), 離脱 (ja) (りだつ, ritatsu)
• Khmer: អបគមន៍ (km) (a’pa’ kɔɔm)
• Norwegian: løsrivelse (no)
• Russian: отделение (ru) (otdelénije) n
• Telugu: వేర్పాటు (te) (vaerpaaTu)