secession
noun
an act or instance of seceding.
secessions
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pluralof secession.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Clemon had helped establish a precedent that secessions were not permissible if they undermined court-ordered desegregation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
Esperanto saw no end of sects, schisms, secessions, coups.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2016
In many cases, these secessions occurred after extremely divided conventions and popular votes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
A small group of self-parodying college professors wrote proposals for possible secessions.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2012
And many Black African countries feared that an independent Biafra would trigger other secessions and so supported Nigeria.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
