SECEDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secede mean? 

• SECEDE (verb)
  The verb SECEDE has 1 sense:

1. withdraw from an organization or communion

  Familiarity information: SECEDE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECEDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they secede    ... he / she / it secedes   
Past simple: seceded   
Past participle: seceded   
-ing form: seceding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Withdraw from an organization or communion

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

break away; secede; splinter

Context example:

After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away

Hypernyms (to "secede" is one way to...):

break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

secession (formal separation from an alliance or federation)