Definition for Secession:

• Act of seceding( War of S., American civil war of 1861-5 caused by s. of eleven Southern States). Hence secessionism( 3), secessionist( 2), nn. [ old French]

Synonyms for Secession:

• n.

  •abandonment (noun)
  • desertion.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • retirement.
  •
  • revolution.
  •Sezession
  • sezession.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dissociate,
  • deviate,
  • cancel,
  • outgoing,
  • disapproval,
  • dissentience,
  • detachment,
  • onanism,
  • abandonment,
  • backdown,
  • petty treason,
  • retire,
  • disagreement,
  • defection,
  • break loose,
  • divorce,
  • disapprobation,
  • division,
  • lese majeste,
  • forthcoming,
  • withdraw,
  • break,
  • disaffection,
  • depart,
  • upcoming,
  • unravel,
  • recusance,
  • dismissal,
  • drug withdrawal,
  • heterodoxy,
  • breaking,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • breakup,
  • divorcement,
  • hold aloof from,
  • secede,
  • dissension,
  • variance,
  • faithlessness,
  • backsliding,
  • break away,
  • high treason,
  • severance,
  • retreat,
  • nonconformity,
  • abstraction,
  • rupture,
  • Nolle Prosequi,
  • removal,
  • remove,
  • secessions,
  • flee,
  • get,
  • retract,
  • recusancy,
  • escape,
  • extroverted,
  • expansive,
  • walkout,
  • disaffiliation,
  • disconnection,
  • sedition,
  • Recidivation,
  • protestantism,
  • disentangle,
  • disjunction,
  • disunion,
  • draw,
  • disparity,
  • dissidence,
  • breakaway,
  • seclusion,
  • deserter,
  • disengagement,
  • bolt,
  • dissociation,
  • recede,
  • rejection,
  • abruption,
  • estrangement,
  • Recreancy,
  • recall,
  • breaking away,
  • split,
  • relinquishment,
  • disengage,
  • underground,
  • splinter group,
  • repudiation,
  • disaccord,
  • exiting,
  • disloyalty,
  • leave,
  • schism,
  • resignation,
  • treason,
  • abandon,
  • recidivism,
  • extraverted,
  • dereliction,
  • detach,
  • misprision of treason,
  • Premunire,
  • demonstrative,
  • Disseverance,
  • extrovert,
  • turning traitor,
  • friendly,
  • extravert,
  • Mutinousness,
  • partition,
  • difference,
  • segregation,
  • opposition,
  • fly,
  • betrayal,
  • diverging,
  • dissent,
  • deliver,
  • isolation,
  • nonagreement,
  • diversity,
  • counter-culture,
  • recantation,
  • ratting,
  • Seceding,
  • apostasy,
  • Nonconcurrence,
  • alienation,
  • gregarious,
  • parting,
  • divergent,
  • stand aloof from,
  • deflect,
  • nonconsent,
  • divide.

Paraphrases for Secession:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    separation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    separation.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    segregation, independence, disintegration, splittist, fragmentation, withdrawal, splittism, graduation, decoupling.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    secessionist, Separatism, splits, splitting, division, divisiveness, unbundling.
  • Verb, base form
    secede.

Antonyms for Secession:

• n.

  • withdrawal
    closing, closure, agreement, juncture, peace.

Homophones for Secession:

• sham, saman, simon, suck in, seem, shoeshine, shoshone, siam, sow in, simony, shoshonean, sheeny, shinny, sen, simoon, sewn, sea onion, seaman, shem, seam, shaken, shannon, shina, sachem, scum, sashimi, siouan, sene, shim, sium, som, sawan, skim, shame, same, skin, squama, shan, sana, sezession, senna, son, sonny, sea mew, sienna, sone, sison, shawm, Sana'a, succession, Shona, soigne, sexism, shimmy, Susiana, sunni, sajama, sesamum, somme, seyhan, six-gun, saxony, Swagman, shanny, sichuan, shun, somehow, scission, shine, sine, shawny, sage hen, Sunnah, susian, swoon, saginaw, sikhism, soignee, snow, schmo, saigon, Shema, sinewy, scone, some, scion, sunny, scene, schema, shiny, shaman, sian, sigma, sagina, sisham, sequin, sima, Sison Amomum, snowman, sinai, semen, seine, suomi, Shah Jahan, scan, skein, sane, shoo-in, schism, swim, siwan, schizogony, shahn, sami, simian, sign on, sown, swain, skinny, sesame, smew, sea anemone, sixsome, scammony, sign in, sicken, seamy, sachsen, seminoma, siskin, someway, shin, sigyn, sum, someone, suasion, succussion, sn, sam, sign, sm, Shinney, swami, samia, soma, season, shawn, showman, schumann, semi, SAAME, scam, sign away, syconium, sin, sun, SAAMI, simoom, saone, Susanna, szechuan, sechuana, segno, simeon, Shiism, snowy, sinew, sion, seize on, seism, sauna, scummy, swan, synonym, Sunna, squaw man, sciaena, saxon, socinian, shoshoni, susquehanna, summon, samoan, samoa, shoshonian, soon, sikkim, scheme, shogun, sheen, synonymy, schwann, sawm, shammy, syzygium, shmo, sumo, szechwan, simenon, shawnee, swine, soman, session, shaggymane, Sq In, sanaa.

Hypernym for Secession:

• n.

  • act
    breakaway, breaking away.

Hyponym for Secession:

• n.

  • act
    separation.
  • group
    artistic movement, art movement, school.