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• n  an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
• n  the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
• n  formal separation from an alliance or federation

• They also noted that there have been no significant Indonesian attacks since Singapore's secession.
• According to General Minami, the Chinese citizens of Harbin had just plumped enthusiastically for secession of Manchuria from China, arraying themselves for this purpose under .
• We will not tolerate this illegal act of secession," Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told European lawmakers in the French city of Strasbourg.

• sezession
• Secession
• withdrawal

News & Articles

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• Counties’ threat to secede from Colorado (5 letters)
  Re: “New state? Weld County floats secession plan for northeastern Colorado,” June 7 news story. The initiative launched by northeastern counties to secede from the state and create a 51st state called North Colorado is rooted in strongly-backed citizen frustrations and partisan passions. However, the proposed solution would be throwing the baby out with the [...]
  June 11, 2013 - Denver Post
• Savanna Museum and Cultural Center: Lincoln’s Struggle to Meet the Constitutional Challenges
  “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” a traveling exhibition opening at the Savanna Museum and Cultural Center on Friday, June 14th, examines how President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.
  June 11, 2013 - The Prairie Advocate
• Rural Colorado Counties Threaten Secession From State
  It sounds implausible and unimaginable for a state to want to secede from the United States, let alone counties within a particular state, but county commissioners in rural parts of northern Colorado are pushing forward with a plan to segregate. This measure would allow them to become their own independent state apart from Colorado. Easier [...] Rural Colorado Counties Threaten Secession From ...
  June 10, 2013 - The Inquisitr