Se-cēde', v. i.

[imp. & p. p. SECEDED; p. pr. & vb. n. SECEDING.] [Lat. secedere, secessum, from se, aside, and cedere, to go, to move.] To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, in the United States, to withdraw, as a State, from the National Union.