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secede

se.cede \si-'se-d\ vi [L secedere, fr. sed-, se- apart (fr. sed, se 
   wit]hout) + cedere to go - more at IDIOT, CEDE : to withdraw from an 
   organization or communion (as a church or political  party) - se.ced.er n