Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb secede

1 sense of secede

Sense 1
secede, splinter, break away -- (withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away")
       => separate, part, split up, split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up")