- secession, sezession - an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
--1 is a kind of school; artistic movement, art movement
- Secession - the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
--2 is a kind of separation
- secession, withdrawal - formal separation from an alliance or federation
--3 is a kind of separation
--3 has particulars: breakaway, breaking awayDerived form: verb secede1 - secession, withdrawal - formal separation from an alliance or federation