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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -secess-, *secess*, seces
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Secess

n. [ L. secessus. See Secede. ] Retirement; retreat; secession. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Secession

n. [ L. secessio: cf. F. sécession. See Secede. ] 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. [ 1913 Webster ]


Secession Church (in Scotland). See Seceder.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Secessionism

n. The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Secessionist

n. 1. One who upholds secession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (U.S. Hist.) One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
secession(n) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s, Syn. sezession
secession(n) the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
secession(n) formal separation from an alliance or federation, Syn. withdrawal
secessionism(n) a doctrine that maintains the right of secession
secessionist(n) an advocate of secessionism

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