seceded; seceding
: to withdraw from an organization (such as a religious communion or political party or federation)
seceder
noun
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South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860.
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By January 1861, when South Carolina had formally seceded, Wood’s message grew bolder.
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Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
When unrest roiled eastern Donbas in 2014, the state-run media told Ivan that the Ukrainian province wanted to secede but that Kyiv wasn’t letting it.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
By holding Mehrtens, his captors hoped to press New Zealand to lobby Indonesia into allowing Papua to secede from Indonesia – a seemingly impossible demand.
—Manveena Suri, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
In June 2023, a local proponent of Punjab seceding from India to form ‘Khalistan,’ an independent Sikh homeland, was shot dead in Surrey.
—Devon Leger, SPIN, 10 Sep. 2024
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Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
When unrest roiled eastern Donbas in 2014, the state-run media told Ivan that the Ukrainian province wanted to secede but that Kyiv wasn’t letting it.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
By holding Mehrtens, his captors hoped to press New Zealand to lobby Indonesia into allowing Papua to secede from Indonesia – a seemingly impossible demand.
—Manveena Suri, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
In June 2023, a local proponent of Punjab seceding from India to form ‘Khalistan,’ an independent Sikh homeland, was shot dead in Surrey.
—Devon Leger, SPIN, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Secede.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secede. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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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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