Antonyms for Secession
sɪˈsɛʃ ənse·ces·sion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. secession

   Antonyms:
   alliance, coalition, compact, confederacy, confederation, federation, fusion, league, partnership, union

   Synonyms:
   antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, enmity, hostility, schism, separation, war

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. secession

   Antonyms:
   union, adherence

   Synonyms:
   separation, withdrawal

Matched Categories

1. • Artistic Movement
   • School
   • Separation

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. secession, sezessionnoun

   an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

   Synonyms:
   sezession, secession, withdrawal

2. Secessionnoun

   the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

   Synonyms:
   sezession, withdrawal

3. secession, withdrawalnoun

   formal separation from an alliance or federation

   Synonyms:
   drug withdrawal, onanism, sezession, backdown, climb-down, detachment, coitus interruptus, pulling out, withdrawal method, withdrawal, secession

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conjoined. annexed.

   conjoined/annexed are antonyms to withdrawal.

   e berlin was conjoined/annexed to russian territory awarded at end of wwii.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use Secession in a sentence?

1. Eric Foner:

   They weren't like Joe Manchin. They didn't give a damn if was bipartisan or not, they just said,' We are in control, we are the party of the Union, we are the party of emancipation, the Democrats are the party of treason, they are the party of secession... of racism, and we don't care... if they vote for it or not.' It just reinforced their feeling that the Democrats were out of touch and didn't respect the results of the Civil War.

2. Hoshyar Zebari:

   Before, the Sunnis were very sensitive to believing (devolution) would lead to secession, to the breakup of Iraq but now they’re coming to terms with it.

3. Paul Preston:

   That’s secession. That’s what happened in the Civil War, they want to create a new country, and that’s just not going to happen. First of all, it’s illegal under our Constitution. There’s no base out here to support that.

4. Alexander Hamilton Stephens:

   The real object of those who resorted to Secession, as well as those who sustained it, was not to overthrow the Government of the United States but to perpetuate the principles upon which it was founded. The object in quitting the Union was not to destroy, but to save the principles of the Constitution.

5. Vincenzo Scarpetta:

   The problem with Sturgeon's plan is that she appears to assume that if there's a referendum on Scottish independence before Brexit, then Scotland can remain a member of the European Union, this is a legal headache for Europe. Clearly the European Commission's position is that in cases of secession, the newly created state would have to apply from scratch.

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