Secede Synonyms and Antonyms

sĭ-sēd
To break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. splinter
  2. split
Antonyms:
  1. join
  2. unite
  3. come in
  4. combine
Withdraw from an organization or communion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. withdraw
  2. retract
  3. splinter
  4. leave
  5. break away from
  6. break-away

Words Related to Secede

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Secede Sentence Examples

  • He argued that a state had no legal right to secede, but denied that the federal government had any power forcibly to prevent it.

  • From the same usage is derived the shorter political term "cave" for any body of men who secede from their party on some special subject.

  • Two early commentators on the Constitution, St George Tucker in 1803 and William Rawle in 1825, declared that the sovereign states might secede at will.

  • The first to secede were the land powers of Greece proper, whose subordination Athens had endeavoured to guarantee by supporting the democratic parties in the various states.

  • South Carolina led the extreme radical element in the South and was the first state to secede.

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