secede
verb (used without object)
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
have seceded
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present perfectof secede.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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California and Texas have seceded, becoming unlikely allies in a campaign to retake the capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
“Seven states have seceded, but Virginia has not, which is very important,” he explained.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2022
More than 45 years ago his father, Prince Leonard, claimed to have seceded the family farm amid a dispute with the government over wheat quotas.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2017
The slave South may have seceded from the Union following the 1860 election, but neither of Abraham Lincoln’s opponents denied his legitimacy as the duly-elected leader for the United States.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2016
Almost all the dissenters from the Church of Scotland hold precisely the same views both of doctrine and church government as the Church, and have seceded on points connected with the existence of lay patronage.
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
