secession

English Thesaurus

1. formal separation from an alliance or federation (noun.act)

hypernym	:	separation,
definition	:	the act of dividing or disconnecting (noun.act)

hyponym	:	breakaway, breaking away,
definition	:	the act of breaking away or withdrawing from (noun.act)

2. the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War (noun.act)

instance hypernym	:	separation,
definition	:	the act of dividing or disconnecting (noun.act)

3. an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s (noun.group)

hypernym	:	school,
definition	:	a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers (noun.group)

hypernym	:	art movement, artistic movement,
definition	:	a group of artists who agree on general principles (noun.group)

4. formal separation from an alliance or federation (noun.act)

derivation	:	retire, withdraw,
definition	:	withdraw from active participation (verb.social)

derivation	:	break away, secede, splinter,
definition	:	withdraw from an organization or communion (verb.social)

derivation	:	retire, withdraw,
definition	:	withdraw from active participation (verb.social)

derivation	:	break away, secede, splinter,
definition	:	withdraw from an organization or communion (verb.social)