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secession

se·ces·sion

UK/səˈsɛʃən/ US/sɪˈsɛʃʌn/ uncommon

noun

1.

an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

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2.

the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

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Origin

From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”).

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