secessio

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

sēcessiō ōnis, f

1 CAD-, a going aside, withdrawal, retirement : subscriptorum: milites secessionem faciunt, Cs.: secessione factā, having withdrawn , L.— A political withdrawal, insurrection, schism, secession : ultima rabies secessio ab suis habebatur, L.: secessio, non bellum: populi, Cs.: per secessionem armati Aventinum occupavere, S.