English noun: secession | |||
| 1. | secession (group) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s | ||
| Synonyms | sezession | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | art movement, artistic movement, school | ||
| 2. | Secession (act) the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War | ||
| Instance hypernym | separation | ||
| 3. | secession (act) formal separation from an alliance or federation | ||
| Synonyms | withdrawal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | separation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breakaway, breaking away | ||