Secession
Secession noun - The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War.
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Synonyms for Secession
Scission and secession are semantically related in partition topic. In some cases you can use "Scission" instead a noun "Secession".
Nearby Words: secede, secessionist
Scission
Scission noun - The act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces.
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- cleavage and secession
- cleavage and scission
- break and secession
- break and scission
- division and secession
- division and scission
- partition and secession
- partition and scission
- disagreement and secession
- disagreement and scission
- separation and secession
- separation and scission
- severance and secession
- severance and scission
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