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 | ||