| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | se·ces·sion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -s sh  n |
| NOUN: | 1. The act of seceding. 2. often Secession The withdrawal of 11 Southern states from the Union in 1860–1861, precipitating the U.S. Civil War. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin s cessi , scessin-, from scessus, past participle of scdere, to secede. See secede. | | OTHER FORMS: | se·cession·al —ADJECTIVE
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