Thesaurus / secede
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The flags honored the date when North Carolina seceded from the Union.
THE CONFEDERACY’S FINAL RESTING PLACEMARC FISHERMAY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWhen southern states seceded, causing a Civil War in the United States, these slaveholding tribal members fought with the Confederacy, as others sided with the Union or tried to remain neutral.
MY ANCESTORS WERE ENSLAVED—BUT THEIR FREEDOM CAME AT A PRICE FOR OTHERSALAINA E. ROBERTSAPRIL 14, 2021TIMEThe seven states that seceded before Inauguration Day 1861 interpreted that policy position as the first step to abolishing slavery altogether.
POLITICIANS QUOTE ABRAHAM LINCOLN A LOT. HISTORIANS SAY THEY DON'T ALWAYS DO HIS WORDS JUSTICEOLIVIA B. WAXMANFEBRUARY 11, 2021TIMESeven states had already seceded from the Union to set up an “alternate” government, as Holzer put it in an interview.
LINCOLN’S FIRST INAUGURATION MET WITH THREATS OF KIDNAPPING, KILLING AND MILITIASMICHAEL RUANEJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe didn’t say where he’s heard anyone float the notion of states seceding, let alone spell out how such a neo-Civil War separation might take place.
SECESSION? RUSH LIMBAUGH FLOATS A STARTLING NOTION — THEN QUICKLY BACKS OFF.PAUL FARHIDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POSTLouisiana may secede, if she choose, form a foreign alliance, and hold the mouth of the Mississippi.
SELECT SPEECHES OF DANIEL WEBSTERDANIEL WEBSTERNo one answered to the alleged fear of oppression and tyranny that the State could nullify or secede.
NULLIFICATION, SECESSION WEBSTER'S ARGUMENT AND THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONSCALEB WILLIAM LORINGQuincys declaration contains no assertion of the sovereignty of a State, or right to secede at will.
NULLIFICATION, SECESSION WEBSTER'S ARGUMENT AND THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONSCALEB WILLIAM LORINGHer 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 LORINGFor an hour or two he thought that he must gently secede from all private councils with the Prime Minister.
THE PRIME MINISTERANTHONY TROLLOPEWORDS RELATED TO SECEDE
- absent oneself
- decamp
- deny oneself
- depart
- draw back
- ebb
- exit
- fall back
- get away
- get off
- give ground
- give up work
- give way
- go
- go away
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to sleep
- hand over
- hit the sack
- leave service
- make vacant
- part
- pension
- pull back
- pull out
- put out to pasture
- recede
- regress
- relinquish
- remove
- repeal
- rescind
- resign
- retreat
- revoke
- run along
- rusticate
- secede
- seclude oneself
- separate
- sever connections
- stop working
- surrender
- take off
- turn in
- withdraw
- yield
- abjure
- absent oneself
- back out
- bail out
- blow
- book
- bow out
- check out
- depart
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- disengage
- draw away
- draw back
- drop out
- ease out
- eliminate
- exfiltrate
- exit
- extract
- fall back
- get away
- get lost
- get off
- give ground
- give way
- go
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- leave
- make oneself scarce
- phase out
- pull back
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- retire
- retreat
- run along
- secede
- seclude oneself
- shrink
- switch
- take a hike
- take away
- take leave
- take off
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- abjured
- absent oneself
- back out
- bailed out
- blew
- booked
- bowed out
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- detached
- disengaged
- drew away
- drew back
- dropped out
- eased out
- eliminated
- exfiltrated
- exited
- extracted
- fell back
- gave ground
- gave way
- get lost
- got away
- got off
- kept aloof
- kept apart
- left
- made oneself scarce
- phased out
- pulled back
- pulled out
- quailed
- quit
- ran along
- receded
- recoiled
- retired
- retreated
- seceded
- seclude oneself
- shrank
- switched
- took a hike
- took away
- took leave
- took off
- took out
- vacated
- went
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.