Secession

//səˈsɛʃən//

Synonyms for "secession" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

agreement to disagree alienation apostasy backsliding betrayal bolt breach break breakaway breaking counter culture counter-culture

Noun(1 words)

armed secession

Strong matches (18)

defection dereliction deserter desertion difference disaccord disagreement disapprobation disapproval disloyalty disparity dissatisfaction dissension dissent dissentience dissidence diversity dropping out

Related words (30)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

art movement artistic movement school separation

Related terms

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secede

derived

11 entries

Secession War Secession Winter antisecession nonsecession secessional secessionary secessiondom secessioner secessionism secessionist secessionistic

is a

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artistic movement school separating separation

related to

5 entries

cede intercede secede secessionist supersede

Translations

73 translations across 45 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

إِنْشِقَاق noun (The act of seceding)

Armenian

2 entries

անջատում noun (The act of seceding)
սեցեսիա noun (The act of seceding)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

ayrılma noun (The act of seceding)

Belarusian

2 entries

аддзяле́нне noun (The act of seceding)
сэцэ́сія noun (The act of seceding)

Bulgarian

2 entries

отцепване noun (The act of seceding)
сеце́сия noun (The act of seceding)

Catalan

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secessió noun (The act of seceding)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

脫離 /脱离 noun (The act of seceding)
退出 noun (The act of seceding)

Czech

4 entries

oddělení noun (The act of seceding)
oddělení se noun (The act of seceding)
odloučení noun (The act of seceding)
odtržení noun (The act of seceding)

Danish

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løsrivelse noun (The act of seceding)

Dutch

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afscheiden noun (The act of seceding)
afscheiding noun (The act of seceding)
secessie noun (The act of seceding)
separatie noun (The act of seceding)

Esperanto

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secesio noun (The act of seceding)

Estonian

2 entries

eraldumine noun (The act of seceding)
setsessioon noun (The act of seceding)

Finnish

2 entries

ero noun (The act of seceding)
eroaminen noun (The act of seceding)

French

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sécession noun (The act of seceding)

Galician

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secesión noun (The act of seceding)

Georgian

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გადადება noun (The act of seceding)
გამოყოფა noun (The act of seceding)

German

2 entries

Abspaltung noun (The act of seceding)
Sezession noun (The act of seceding)

Greek

1 entries

απόσχιση noun (The act of seceding)

Hindi

1 entries

अपगमन noun (The act of seceding)

Hungarian

3 entries

elszakadás noun (The act of seceding)
függetlenedés noun (The act of seceding)
kiválás noun (The act of seceding)

Italian

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secessione noun (The act of seceding)

Japanese

2 entries

脱退 noun (The act of seceding)
離脱 noun (The act of seceding)

Khmer

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អបគមន៍ noun (The act of seceding)

Korean

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리탈 noun (The act of seceding)
이탈 noun (The act of seceding)
탈퇴 noun (The act of seceding)

Latin

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sēcessiō noun (The act of seceding)

Latvian

1 entries

secesija noun (The act of seceding)

Macedonian

1 entries

сецесија noun (The act of seceding)

Māori

1 entries

tūrangahapa noun (The act of seceding)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

løsrivelse noun (The act of seceding)

Occitan

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secession noun (The act of seceding)

Persian

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تجزیهطلبی noun (The act of seceding)
جداییخواهی noun (The act of seceding)

Polish

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secesja noun (The act of seceding)

Portuguese

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secessão noun (The act of seceding)

Romanian

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secesiune noun (The act of seceding)

Russian

2 entries

отделе́ние noun (The act of seceding)
сеце́ссия noun (The act of seceding)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

secèsija noun (The act of seceding)
сецѐсија noun (The act of seceding)

Slovak

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secesia noun (The act of seceding)

Slovene

1 entries

secessija noun (The act of seceding)

Spanish

1 entries

secesión noun (The act of seceding)

Swedish

3 entries

secession noun (The act of seceding)
utbrytning noun (The act of seceding)
utträde noun (The act of seceding)

Tajik

1 entries

ҷудошавӣ noun (The act of seceding)

Telugu

1 entries

వేర్పాటు noun (The act of seceding)

Turkish

1 entries

ayrılma noun (The act of seceding)

Ukrainian

2 entries

відді́лення noun (The act of seceding)
сеце́сія noun (The act of seceding)

Vietnamese

2 entries

sự ly khai noun (The act of seceding)
sự ra khỏi noun (The act of seceding)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Secession is not the only political tool available to the state.

Source: tatoeba (8860449)

Secession will only mean war with the country you no longer belong to.

Source: tatoeba (9034292)

Secession was the means by which the southern states hoped to achieve their goal of preserving slavery.

Source: tatoeba (9796284)

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.

Source: tatoeba (12231551)

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