Dictionary Check: secession

"secession" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 13 points

Definition

noun

the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

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noun

an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

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noun

formal separation from an alliance or federation

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