English to French Meaning of secession - sécession

Secession :

sécession

noun

battre en retraite, sécession, tournant, mouvement, divergence

Secession :: sécessionSecessionist :: sécessionnisteSecessionists :: sécessionistes

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Definitions of secession in English

Noun(1) an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s(2) the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War(3) formal separation from an alliance or federation

Examples of secession in English

(1) All opposed secession but in the end backed the Confederacy.(2) the republics want secession from the union(3) He rejected the radical branch of the party that advocated secession in defense of states' rights and slavery.(4) They threatened secession if the colony did not join the Commonwealth.(5) However, the concern of aboriginal peoples is precipitated by the asserted right of Quebec to unilateral secession .(6) In addition, perhaps as high as 40 percent of white Southerners had opposed secession .(7) Every Indian leader has feared that if Kashmir breaks away then it could set off other movements for secession from the Indian state.(8) Thus some nationalism has involved movements that aim to break up existing states, through secession or fragmentation of various forms.(9) There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession .(10) It could also spark further claims for secession from other ethnic groups.(11) They are likely to fear that federalism might lead to secession .(12) In 1861, southern secession freed Republicans from the pressure to compromise to preserve the Union.(13) Thus, the actual reason for the South's secession was racism.(14) When the Civil War came along, this area of the South opposed secession .(15) None of the candidates questioned Georgia's secession from the former Soviet Union.(16) Khartoum has argued that the clause paves the way for the south's immediate secession .

Synonyms

Noun

1. withdrawal ::

Retrait

Different Forms

secession, secessionist, secessionists

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