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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
secession /sɪˈsɛʃ(ə)n/

▶noun the action of seceding from a federation or organization.

■ (the Secession) historical the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the US Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.

– derivatives
secessional adjective,
secessionism noun,
secessionist noun.

'secession' also found in these Oxford entries:

breakaway - schism - unionist

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