secession
noun
[ sɪˈsɛʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
• "the republics want secession from the union"
Similar:
withdrawal,
break,
breakaway,
separation,
severance,
schism,
apostasy,
leaving,
quitting,
split,
splitting,
disaffiliation,
resignation,
pulling out,
dropping out,
desertion,
defection,
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting the withdrawal of plebeians from ancient Rome in order to compel the patricians to redress their grievances): from French sécession or Latin secessio(n- ), from secedere ‘go apart’ (see secede).
Sezession
noun
• a radical movement involving groups of avant-garde German and Austrian artists who, from 1892, organized exhibitions independently of the traditional academies. The Vienna Secession founded by Gustav Klimt in 1897 helped to launch the Jugendstil.
Origin:
German, literally ‘secession’.
