secedes
Breaks away officially
Secedes is the third-person singular of secede, meaning to formally withdraw from an organization, alliance, or political entity.
States secede from nations, members secede from unions: If Texas secedes, it won't be the first time.
The noun is secession.
Act of taking away
- breakawaySudden separation from group
- disunionState of being divided
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- splitSeparation into parts
departure · disaffiliation · detachment · pullout · exit · disengagement · separation · rupture
Formal organizational fracture
- riftCrack or estrangement
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- fractureSplit in hard material
fragmentation · disintegration · polarization · discord · estrangement · alienation · factionalism · balkanization
Supreme independent authority
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
statehood · self-government · liberation · freedom · republic · home rule · independence movement · declaration
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
revolution · separatism · dissent · defiance · resistance · rebel · dissident · revolutionary
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- breakawaySudden separation from group
- disunionState of being divided
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
split · departure · disaffiliation · detachment · pullout · exit · disengagement · separation · rupture · severance
schism
Formal organizational fracture
- riftCrack or estrangement
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
fracture · fragmentation · disintegration · polarization · discord · estrangement · alienation · factionalism · balkanization · splintering
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
nationhood · statehood · self-government · liberation · freedom · republic · home rule · independence movement · declaration · devolution
revolt
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
insurgency · revolution · separatism · dissent · defiance · resistance · rebel · dissident · revolutionary · nationalist
secedesjoins
Brings together, attaches
affiliates · associates · adheres · unifies · bands together
secedesunifies
Combines into one
consolidates · integrates · reunites · coalesces · amalgamates