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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But fear not: House Bill 1008, which would pave the way for Illinois counties to secede and join Indiana, is getting a last minute hearing Monday morning.
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Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Though President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the enslaved in all the states that had seceded from the U.S., nearly 2½ years earlier, Texas, a Confederate state, rebelled against it.
—Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 16 June 2025
But secessionists often like to invoke the 1869 Supreme Court decision in Texas v. White, a fight over bond sales by Confederate Texas, which ultimately led to a determination that states do not have the constitutional power to unilaterally secede.
—Robin Epley, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
When Bill Clinton arrived in Mont-Tremblant, Canada, in October 1999 for a governance conference, the United States’ northern neighbor was still reeling from attempts by its largest province, Quebec, to secede and form its own country.
—Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025
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Brittany Carloni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Though President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the enslaved in all the states that had seceded from the U.S., nearly 2½ years earlier, Texas, a Confederate state, rebelled against it.
—Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 16 June 2025
But secessionists often like to invoke the 1869 Supreme Court decision in Texas v. White, a fight over bond sales by Confederate Texas, which ultimately led to a determination that states do not have the constitutional power to unilaterally secede.
—Robin Epley, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
When Bill Clinton arrived in Mont-Tremblant, Canada, in October 1999 for a governance conference, the United States’ northern neighbor was still reeling from attempts by its largest province, Quebec, to secede and form its own country.
—Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025
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“Secede.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secede. Accessed 5 Aug. 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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