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Secession Common

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Secession has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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

3

formal separation from an alliance or federation

4

The act of seceding.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
school artistic movement separation
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
breakaway
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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