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Secession vs Abdication - What's the difference?

secession | abdication |

As nouns the difference between secession and abdication

is that secession is secession while abdication is (obsolete) the act of disowning or disinheriting a child .

secession

English

Noun

(wikipedia secession) (en noun)
  • The act of seceding.

    • Usage notes

    A common example of usage is the withdrawal of 11 Southern states of the United States of America from the Union in 1860–1861, precipitating the U.S. civil war

    Related terms

    * secessionist

    abdication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
  • The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
  • The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
  • (obsolete, legal) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
  • (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.

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