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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 se·ces·sion /sɪˈsɛʃən/
 脫離,分離,南部11州的脫離

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Se·ces·sion n.
 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
 2. U.S. Hist. The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
 Secession Church (in Scotland). See Seceder.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 secession
      n 1: an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the
           French art nouveau in the 1890s [syn: sezession]
      2: the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in
         1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
      3: formal separation from an alliance or federation [syn: withdrawal]