different between secede vs seclude

English

Etymology

From Latin secedere, from se- (“apart”) + cedere (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??si?d/

Verb

secede (third-person singular simple present secedes, present participle seceding, simple past and past participle seceded)

1. (intransitive) To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
   • 2007, Writers declare independence for Wirral., Wirral Globe, retrieved 11 July 2007.

     We can secede from the United Kingdom any time we want.

2. (transitive, uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
   • 2002, Darryl E. Brock, "José Agustín Quintero: Cuban Patriot in Confederate Diplomatic Service", Cubans in the Confederacy: José Agustín Quintero, Ambrosio José Gonzales, and Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Ed. Phillip Thomas Tucker, publ. McFarland, ?ISBN, pg. 103:

     At the same time, Nolan also secretly contracted with the crafty United States Army general James Wilkinson to organize some men to secede Texas from Spanish America.

Usage notes

• For political entities, the term secede does not apply only to federal states, but also to other kinds of political unions. It is commonly used in the case of provinces seceding from a unitary state.
• 'Secede' implies conflict, which may amount to physical conflict in the case of seceding from a political or religious entity, but which otherwise amounts to some form of disagreement at least by those who secede.
• 'Withdrawal from membership' in the definition does not apply to an individual person who simply terminates membership in an organisation, but to a group which withdraws from membership to carry on related activities in a separate entity.

Related terms

• seceder
• secession

Translations

Latin

Verb

s?c?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of s?c?d?

English

Etymology

From Latin secludo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??klu?d/

Verb

seclude (third-person singular simple present secludes, present participle secluding, simple past and past participle secluded)

1. (transitive) To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude.
   • 1922, Lafcadio Hearn, Creole Sketches/Old-Fashioned Houses

     If he wishes to enjoy an hour in his private study, it is not pleasant to be obliged all the time to listen to noises in the next room, even if made by his own servants or his own children. For members of a family themselves require at times to seclude themselves from other members of the family; — there are business matters to be talked of; there are projects which children or servants should not hear; there are numberless things which the heads of a household wish to discuss by themselves.

2. (transitive) To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude.

Derived terms

• secluded
• secludedly

Related terms

• seclusion
• seclusive

References

• seclude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Culdees, cedules, scedule