seceded; seceding
: to withdraw from an organization (such as a religious communion or political party or federation)
seceder
noun
Examples of secede in a Sentence
South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860.
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Throw in an attempt to help part of Illinois secede and join the Hoosier state and visits from everyone from Tucker Carlson to JD Vance, and 2025 has shaped up to be quite a barn burner.
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Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
Maine formally seceded from Massachusetts on March 15, 1820.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
There was no forgetting the notorious Confederate prison camps like Andersonville and Salisbury, the Confederate pogrom at Fort Pillow, and the fact that the South had seceded in the first place to perpetuate and expand an elite-serving economy based on human chattel.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2025
The United States refused recognition until after the start of the American Civil War, when most of the southern states had seceded from the Union.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
Maine formally seceded from Massachusetts on March 15, 1820.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
There was no forgetting the notorious Confederate prison camps like Andersonville and Salisbury, the Confederate pogrom at Fort Pillow, and the fact that the South had seceded in the first place to perpetuate and expand an elite-serving economy based on human chattel.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Oct. 2025
The United States refused recognition until after the start of the American Civil War, when most of the southern states had seceded from the Union.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for secede
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“Secede.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secede. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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secede
verb
se·cede
si-ˈsēd 
seceded; seceding
: to withdraw from an organization (as a nation, church, or political party)
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