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Secede vs Bail - What's the difference?

secede | bail |

As a verb secede

is to split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.

As a conjunction bail is

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secede

English

Verb

(seced)
  • To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
  • * 2007, Writers declare independence for Wirral. , Wirral Globe, retrieved 11 July 2007.
  • We can secede from the United Kingdom any time we want.
  • (uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
  • * 2002 , Darryl E. Brock, "José Agustín Quintero: Cuban Patriot in Confederate Diplomatic Service", Cubans in the Confederacy: José Agustín Quintero, Ambrosio José Gonzales, and Loreta Janeta Velazquez , Ed. Phillip Thomas Tucker, publ. McFarland, ISBN 9780786409761, pg. 103:
  • At the same time, Nolan also secretly contracted with the crafty United States Army general James Wilkinson to organize some men to secede Texas from Spanish America.

    Usage notes

    * For political entities, the term secede does not apply only to federal states, but also to other kinds of political unions. It is commonly used in the case of provinces seceding from a unitary state. * 'Secede' implies conflict, which may amount to physical conflict in the case of seceding from a political or religious entity, but which otherwise amounts to some form of disagreement at least by those who secede. * 'Withdrawal from membership' in the definition does not apply to an individual person who simply terminates membership in an organisation, but to a group which withdraws from membership to carry on related activities in a separate entity.

    bail

    English

    (wikipedia bail)

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) verb .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
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  • (legal, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
  • (legal, UK) The person providing such payment.
  • A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
  • * Captain Cook
  • The bail of a canoe made of a human skull.
  • (obsolete) Custody; keeping.
  • * Spenser
  • Silly Faunus now within their bail .
    Derived terms
    * jump bail * out on bail

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
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  • (legal) To release a person under such guarantee.
  • (legal) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
  • to bail''' cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to '''bail goods to a carrier
  • (nautical) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
  • to bail water out of a boat
  • * Capt. J. Smith
  • buckets to bail out the water
  • (nautical) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
  • to bail a boat
  • * R. H. Dana, Jr.
  • By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out.
  • To set free; to deliver; to release.
  • * Spenser
  • Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail .
    Derived terms
    * bailment * bailor * bailee * bail out

    Etymology 2

    From a shortening of bail out, which from above.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To exit quickly.
  • With his engine in flames, the pilot had no choice but to bail .
  • * 2010 September, Jeannette Cooperman, "Bringing It Home", , ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 62:
  • The Teacher Home Visit Program takes a huge commitment—time, energy, patience, diplomacy. Quite a few schools have tried it and bailed .
  • (informal) To fail to meet a commitment.
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  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) beyl, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket) .
  • * 2010 , John M. Findley, Just Lucky , page 78,
  • I reached across beneath the cow to attach a metal bail' to each end of the strap so that the '''bail''' hung about 5 inches below the cow's belly.While stroking and talking to the cow, I reached under and suspended the machine on the ' bail beneath the cow, with its four suction cups dangling to one side.
  • A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop) .
  • * 1953 , British Institute of Management, Centre for Farm Management, Farm Management Association, Farm Managememt , 1960, John Wiley, page 160,
  • More recently, the fixed bail , sometimes called the ‘milking parlour’, with either covered or open yards, has had a certain vogue and some very enthusiastic claims have been made for this method of housing.
  • * 2011 , Edith H. Whetham, Joan Thirsk, The Agrarian History of England and Wales , Volume 8: Volumes 1914-1939, page 191,
  • Ten men thus sufficed for the milking of three hundred cows in five bails , instead of the thirty men who would normally have been employed by conventional methods.
  • A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
  • (chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
  • * 2011 , Bob Ellis, Hush Now, Don't Cry , page 153,
  • But until he had poured enough milk into the vat above the separator, I drove unmilked cows into the bail' where he had previously milked and released one. He moved from one '''bail''' to the other to milk the next one I had readied. I drove each cow into the empty ' bail , chained her in, roped the outer hind leg then washed and massaged the udder and teats.
  • A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
  • (cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
  • (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail, as the wire bail handle shown in the drawing.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To secure the head of a cow during milking.
  • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) baillier.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To confine.
  • (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
  • (Australia, New Zealand) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with (up).)
  • * 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 128:
  • The transition over the rooftop would have been quicker if Sellers had not been bailed up by a particularly hostile spiritual presence speaking Swedish.

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