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Definition of secede verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

secede

verb

NAmE//sɪˈsid//

[intransitive] secede (from something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they secede

he / she / it secedes

past simple seceded

-ing form seceding

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(of a state, country, etc.) to officially leave an organization of states, countries, etc. and become independent The Republic of Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903.

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