secession

Plural: secessions

Noun

an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
formal separation from an alliance or federation
The act of seceding.

Examples

That year, secession was enacted on account of unreasonable policies.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin sēcessiō (“a withdrawing”).

Synonyms

sezession, withdrawal, armed secession, secession war, war of secession

Scrabble Score: 11

secession: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
secession: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
secession: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

secession: valid Words With Friends Word