secession /si'sejn; si'sefan/ n [U] seceding; [C] instance of this (as in the US when eleven Southern States withdrew from the Federal Union in 1860-61). 脫離; 退出; 其實(shí)例 (如 1860-61 年美國南部; (一個(gè)州之脫雌聯(lián)邦) 。 ~ist /-/snist; -fanist/ n supporter of ~. 脫離論者; 主張退盟者。