Thesaurus.com
Thesaurus / secede

USE secede IN A SENTENCE

Join our early testers! See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.

Characters: 0/140
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB

And might not Austria become heretic and secede from the papal rule?
A SHORT HISTORY OF ITALYHENRY DWIGHT SEDGWICK
She did not secede in the interest of slavery nor for the purpose of war.
THE WOMEN OF THE CONFEDERACYJ. L. UNDERWOOD
His refusal to allow a drop of blood to be shed caused Young Ireland to secede.
THE GLORIES OF IRELANDEDITED BY JOSEPH DUNN AND P.J. LENNOX
However, I never deemed it for the best interests of the South to secede.
THE IRON FURNACEJOHN H. AUGHEY
And if their case be otherwise, their secession, if secede they did, has still no weight.
THE MISSING LINK IN MODERN SPIRITUALISMA. LEAH UNDERHILL
He thought that South Carolina ought to secede, but not alone; and that a union in favor of secession would take place.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINEVARIOUS
But this dodges the blow, by confounding the claim to secede at will with the right of seceding from intolerable oppression.
THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER, VOLUME 1DANIEL WEBSTER
Her convention, called for the purpose of considering the matter, voted not to secede.
NULLIFICATION, SECESSION WEBSTER'S ARGUMENT AND THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONSCALEB WILLIAM LORING
Townsville is the most rising place of the north of Queensland, and, should it secede from the south, will become the capital.
FORTY THOUSAND MILES OVER LAND AND WATERLADY (ETHEL GWENDOLINE [MOFFATT]) VINCENT
The framers of the Constitution knew that the question of the right of a State to secede was thus left unsettled.
THE ABOLITION CRUSADE AND ITS CONSEQUENCESHILARY ABNER HERBERT

WORDS RELATED TO SECEDE

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

WORD OF THE DAY

grouseverb (used without object) | [grous ]SEE DEFINITION