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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King