secede

IPA: sɪsˈid

(intransitive) To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
(transitive, uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.

Examples of "secede" in Sentences

Only if we allow – no, require, Detroit to secede from the U.S.
Can't run for President and secede from the union at the same time. jldfarms
Yeh, right, the way to secede is to vote someone into the government your trying to secede from.
With any luck, maybe those Southerners will follow Rick Perry and once again secede from the Union ...
He's probably waiting to run for President of Texas after he makes good on his threats and has the state secede from the Union.
I wish that Wilson and all of the other crude, despicable, fear and hate-mongering wing-nuts would move to Texas and secede from the Union.
Here on January 7, 1861, Alabama voted to secede from the Union, and on February 18, on the steps of the portico, Jefferson Davis took his oath of office as President of the Confederate States.
The actor claimed “thousands of cell groups will be united around the country in solidarity over the concerns for our nation” and said that if states decide to secede from the union, that Texas would lead the way.
One might believe that states have the right to secede from the union, or have the right to interpret the Constitution rather than defer to the interpretations of the federal government, and use the Confederate flag to symbolically support these principles.