Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense secedes, present participle seceding, past tense, past participle seceded
verb
If a region or group secedesfrom the country or larger group to which it belongs, it formally becomes a separate country or stops being a member of the larger group.
Sectors of the Basque and Catalan populations would like to secede from Spain. [VERB + from]
On 20 August 1960 Senegal seceded. [VERB]
Synonyms: withdraw, leave, resign, separate More Synonyms of secede
secede in British English
(sɪˈsiːd)
verb
(intransitive; often foll byfrom)
(of a person, section, etc) to make a formal withdrawal of membership, as from a political alliance, church, organization, etc
Derived forms
seceder (seˈceder)
noun
Word origin
C18: from Latin sēcēdere to withdraw, from sē- apart + cēdere to go
secede in American English
(sɪˈsid)
verb intransitiveWord forms: seˈceded or seˈceding
to withdraw formally from membership in, or association with, a group, organization, etc., esp. a political group
Derived forms
seceder (seˈceder)
noun
Word origin
L secedere < se-, sed-, apart (< IE base *se-, *swe-, apart, lone > OE swæs, special, dear) + cedere, to go: see cede
Examples of 'secede' in a sentence
secede
And Lord Dekkeret, from what I know of him, will not want to begin his reign by having half his kingdom secede.
Robert Silverberg KING OF DREAMS (2001)
In other languages
secede
British English: secede VERB
If a region or group secedes from the country or larger group to which it belongs, it formally becomes a separate country or stops being a member of the larger group.
The country seceded from the federation and became an independent sovereign state.
American English: secede
Brazilian Portuguese: separar-se
Chinese: 脱离
European Spanish: separarse
French: faire sécession
German: sich abspalten
Italian: staccarsi
Japanese: 分離する
Korean: 분리 독립하다
European Portuguese: separar-se
Latin American Spanish: separarse
(verb)
Definition
to make a formal withdrawal of membership from a political alliance, federation, or group
On 20 August 1960 Senegal seceded.
Synonyms
withdraw
The opposition threatened to withdraw from the talks.
leave
resign
He has resigned after only ten weeks in office.
separate
retire
He was wounded, but did not retire from the field.
quit
pull out
break with
split from
disaffiliate
apostatize
Additional synonyms
in the sense of resign
Definition
to give up office or a job
He has resigned after only ten weeks in office.
Synonyms
quit,
leave,
step down (informal),
stand down,
vacate,
abdicate,
call it a day or night,
give or hand in your notice
in the sense of retire
Definition
to pull back (troops) from battle or (of troops) to fall back
He was wounded, but did not retire from the field.