secession

See also: sécession

English

Etymology

From Latin secessio (“a withdrawing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˈsɛʃən/

Noun

secession (countable and uncountable, plural secessions)

The act of seceding.
The secession of 11 Southern states of the United States of America from the Union in 1860–1861 precipitated a civil war.

Related terms

secessionist

Translations

The act of seceding

Arabic: إِنْشِقَاق‎‎ m (ʾinšiqāq)
Belarusian: аддзяле́нне n (addzjaljénnje)
Bulgarian: отцепване (bg) n (otcepvane)
Catalan: secessió f
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 脫離 (zh), 脱离 (zh) (tuōlí), 退出 (zh) (tuìchū)
Czech: secese (cs) f
Danish: løsrivelse c
Dutch: afscheiding (nl) f, afscheiden (nl) n, secessie f, separatie (nl) f
Estonian: setsessioon
Finnish: ero (fi), eroaminen (fi)
French: sécession (fr) f
German: Sezession (de) f, Secession f, Abspaltung (de) f
Greek: απόσχιση (el) (apóschisi)
Japanese: 脱退 (ja) (だったい, dattai), 離脱 (ja) (りだつ, ritatsu)

Khmer: អបគមន៍ (a’pa’ kɔɔm)
Korean: 탈퇴 (ko) (taltoe), 이탈 (ko) (ital)
Maori: tūrangahapa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: løsrivelse m
Polish: secesja (pl) f
Portuguese: secessão (pt) f
Russian: отделе́ние (ru) n (otdelénije), сеце́ссия (ru) f (secéssija)
Slovak: secesia f
Slovene: secessija f
Spanish: secesión (es) f
Swedish: utträde, utbrytning, secession (sv)
Telugu: వేర్పాటు (te) (vērpāṭu)
Ukrainian: відді́лення n (viddílennja), сеце́сія f (secésija)
Vietnamese: sự ra khỏi, sự ly khai (vi)

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