Defecting
Secession
Secession noun - The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War.
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Defecting and secession are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defecting" instead a noun "Secession".
Nearby Words: secede, secessionist
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