And might not Austria become heretic and secede from the papal rule?
A Short History of Italy|Henry Dwight Sedgwick
She did not secede in the interest of slavery nor for the purpose of war.
The Women of the Confederacy|J. L. Underwood
His refusal to allow a drop of blood to be shed caused Young Ireland to secede.
The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox
However, I never deemed it for the best interests of the South to secede.
The Iron Furnace|John H. Aughey
And if their case be otherwise, their secession, if secede they did, has still no weight.
The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism|A. Leah Underhill
British Dictionary definitions for secede
secede
/ (sɪˈsiːd) /
verb
(intr often foll by from) (of a person, section, etc) to make a formal withdrawal of membership, as from a political alliance, church, organization, etc
Derived forms of secede
seceder, noun
Word Origin for secede
C18: from Latin sēcēdere to withdraw, from sē- apart + cēdere to go