secedeverb [ I ]
uk/sɪˈsiːd/us/sɪˈsiːd/formalto become independent of a country or area of government:
There is likely to be civil war if the region tries to secede from the south.
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Colonisation & self-government
- annex
- autonomous
- autonomy
- client state
- colonial
- crown colony
- decolonization
- dependency
- devolution
- devolve
- independence
- Independence Day
- nationalism
- nationalist
- neocolonialism
- self-rule
- separatism
- separatist
- the British Empire
- the free world
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secession
noun [ U ] uk/sɪsˈeʃ.ən/us/sɪsˈeʃ.ən/
secessionist
noun [ C ], adjective uk/sɪsˈeʃ.ən.ɪst/us/sɪsˈeʃ.ən.ɪst/