Secession
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of seceding.
Example sentence: I have white friends who have the Confederate flag on their license plates, and I have no issue with that if they see that as a matter of heritage. But I do not think it should ever fly over a state, city, county building, or school, for the simple reason that it represents secession from the Union.
Withdrawal
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is addicted is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifierAn act of withdrawing.
Example sentence: Salvation lies in imitating Christ, in other words, in imitating the 'withdrawal relationship' that links him with his Father... To listen to the Father's silence is to abandon oneself to his withdrawal, to conform to it.