secede
verb (used without object)
to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
seceded
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past participleof secede.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof secede.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
secedeverb (used without object)to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
Example Sentences
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Ethiopia, the world's most populous landlocked nation, lost access to them when Eritrea seceded in 1993.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
After Lincoln was elected president in 1860, seven Southern states seceded from the Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In December, Israel became the first to recognise Somaliland's independence since it seceded from Somalia in 1991, drawing angry condemnation from the federal government in Mogadishu, even though it has been self-governing for 35 years.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Late 21st-century San Francisco: California has seceded from the United States, and robots serve humans like crypto money launderer Fritz Co, whose Burgers N More is a front.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
Tensions between slaveholders and abolitionists kept growing, and by mid-January 1861, five slaveholding states—South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia—had seceded from the United States.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
