secess
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin secessus. See secede.
Noun edit
secess
- (obsolete) retirement; retreat; secession
- 1647, Henry More, A Platonick Song of the Soul:
- Silent Secesse, wast Solitude Deep searching thoughts often renew'd.
References edit
- “secess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.