Word Meanings - SECESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Retirement; retreat; secession. R. H. More.

RETREATFUL
Furnishing or serving as a retreat. "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.
RETREATMENT
The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. D'Urfey.
RETIREMENT
1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson. 2. A place of seclusion
SECESSIONISM
The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.
SECESSION
The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. Secession Church . See Seceder. (more info) 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.
SECESSIONIST
One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will. (more info) 1. One who upholds secession.
RETREAT
retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. 1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. In a retreat he oShak. 2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy