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Examples of secede
secede
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has said he will let the south secede peacefully.
From the thenewstribune.com
Will some family named Knezevic decide it's time to secede from northern Kosovo?
From the time.com
Virtually all non-Muslim areas of Indonesia might try to secede if that happens.
From the economist.com
Does that mean, that Scotland, Kurdistan, Texas, you name it, deserve to secede?
From the economist.com
The government will never allow the state to secede, let alone to join Pakistan.
From the economist.com
If Scotland were to secede from the Union it would be disastrous for the party.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
Thirdly, if Orkney and Shetland wanted to secede, yes they would be allowed to.
From the guardian.co.uk
But the southerners have lost faith in that idea and must be allowed to secede.
From the economist.com
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
- Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio) is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. Threats of secession also can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals. ...
- To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation; To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation
- To detach a piece of land from a federal union.
- For one thing to separate itself from a group or organization. During the Civil War, several states seceded from the United States (the Union) to form their own group (the Confederacy).
- To withdraw or leave a group.
