se·ces·sion
noun/sɪˈseʃn/
/sɪˈseʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- secession (from something) the fact of an area or group becoming independent from the country or larger group that it belongs to
（地区或集团从所属的国家或上级集团的）退出，脱离 Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting the withdrawal of the lower social classes from ancient Rome in order to compel the nobility to redress their grievances): from French sécession or Latin secessio(n-), from secedere ‘go apart’, from se- ‘apart’ + cedere ‘go’.