| has gloss | eng: Attempts at or aspirations of secession from the United States have been a feature of the country's politics since its birth. Some have argued for a constitutional right of secession and others for a natural right of revolution. The United States Supreme Court ruled unilateral secession unconstitutional while commenting that revolution or consent of the states could lead to a successful secession. |
| lexicalization | eng: Secession in the United States |
| instance of | (noun) the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Confederate States of America, South, Confederacy, Confederate States, Dixieland, Dixie |
