Secession is not the only political tool available to the state.
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Secession
/səˈsɛʃən/
Synonyms for "secession" (71 found)
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Noun(2 words)
agreement to disagreealienationapostasybackslidingbetrayalboltbreachbreakbreakawaybreakingcounter culturecounter-culture
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
faithlessnessgoing overminority opinionnonagreementnonassentnonconcurrencenonconformitynonconsentoppositionrattingrecidivationrecidivismrecreancyrecusancerecusancyrejectionrepudiationretirementschismseparation
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Verb(1 words)
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10 entriesart movementartistic movementideologymembership changeorganizational actionpolitical actionpolitical movementpolitical processschoolseparation
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6 entriesclub exitparty withdrawalregional secessionregionalist movementseparatist movementstate secession
Collocations
6 entriesact of secessionpeaceful secessionpolitical secessionregional secessionsecession movementsecessionist movement
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4 entriesSample sentences
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Secession will only mean war with the country you no longer belong to.
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Secession was the means by which the southern states hoped to achieve their goal of preserving slavery.
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Twelve separatists were convicted and given long prison sentences for their roles in holding the banned secession referendum in 2017. They then declared independence a few days after the results. Unionists boycotted the referendum, which was held amid a large police presence intent on stopping it.
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