secede
Verb
Verb Forms: seceded, seceding, secedes
- To formally withdraw from an alliance, federation, or association.
- withdraw from an organization or communion
- To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
- To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
Examples
- After a particularly bad run of tiles, he threatened to secede from the Scrabble club.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin secedere, from se- (“apart”) + cēdō (“to go”).
Synonyms
break away, splinter
Scrabble Score: 9
secede: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsecede: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
secede: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
secede: valid Words With Friends Word