Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity. Secession may also refer to: Political secession Liberal Union, also called Secession, a leftist break-away from the National Liberal Party in the German Empire Secession in the United States Killington, Vermont, secession movement, current court battle over the voted defection of a Vermont town to New Hampshire Missouri secession, a controversy over the double secession status of Missouri in the American Civil War era Ordinance of Secession, an ordinance ratified by the seceding states that was one of the causes of the American Civil War Secession in New York, movements to support the secession of New York City from the state or union Secession of Quebec (disambiguation), articles about the possible secession of Quebec from Canada Secessionism in Western Australia, a movement for political independence Urban secession, a movement for the quasi-secession of a city Social secession 1857 Secession, secession from the Reformed Church in America in 1857 which led to the formation of the Christian Reformed Church in North America Aventine Secession (disambiguation), secessions of the Aventine district in Rome Economic secession, a nonviolent activism technique used to fight tyranny First Secession, from the Church of Scotland in 1733 Secessio plebis, the original secessions of ancient Rome Secession of 1834 or Afscheiding, secession from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834 which led to the formation of the Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerken Arts, entertainment, and media Arts movements Secession (art), the series of secession movements in art during the late 19th and early 20th century, including: Berlin Secession, the 1898 break from the Association of Berlin Artists Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, the Düsseldorf secession of 1909 Vienna Secession, the 1897 secession that led to the Austrian branch of Art Nouveau Photo-Secession, a movement that promoted photography as a fine art Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media Secession (band), a 1980s Scottish synthpop band Secession (magazine), a 1920s American expatriate literary magazine Music Secession, a collaboration album between Starringo & Aha Gazelle Seccession Studios, a cinematic music label based in Los Angeles founded by Greg Dombrowski See also List of active separatist movements List of historical separatist movements List of states with limited recognition List of U.S. state partition proposals List of U.S. county secession proposals Separatist (disambiguation)