Associations to the word «Secede»

Wiktionary

SECEDE, verb. (intransitive) To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
SECEDE, verb. (transitive) (uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.

Dictionary definition

SECEDE, verb. Withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin