- an act or instance of seceding.
- the withdrawal from the Union of 11 Southern states in the period 1860–61, which brought on the Civil War.
- a style of art in Germany and Austria concurrent with and related to Art Nouveau.
- the act of seceding
- the withdrawal in 1860–61 of 11 Southern states from the Union to form the Confederacy, precipitating the American Civil War
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