Word Meanings - SECESSIONIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will. (more info) 1. One who upholds secession.
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- RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - STATESMANLIKE
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. - STATEHOOD
The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood. - RIGHTEOUSNESS
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, - UNIONISTIC
Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union. - STATE SOCIALISM
A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to - RIGHT-ANGLED
Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle. - RIGHTEOUS
Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton. - STATECRAFT
The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship. - RIGHTEN
To do justice to. Relieve the opressed. Isa. i. 17. - RIGHT-LINED
Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle. - STATESWOMAN
A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson. - SECESSIONISM
The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists. - STATESMANLY
Becoming a statesman. - RIGHT-MINDED
Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n. - STATESMAN
1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light - RIGHT-HANDED
Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that screw advances - RIGHT-HEARTED
Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n. - SECESSION
The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. Secession Church . See Seceder. (more info) 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal. - STATEDLY
At stated times; regularly. - CREBRICOSTATE
Marked with closely set ribs or ridges. - INTERCOMMUNION
Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber. - BRIGHT
See I - SAGEBRUSH STATE
Nevada; -- a nickname. - OLD LINE STATE
Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line. - INSEPARATE
Not separate; together; united. Shak. - ENSTATE
See INSTATE - REUNION
1. A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects. 2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a - KATASTATE
A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic. - BAYOU STATE
Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous. - CARTWRIGHT
An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. - REESTATE
To reëstablish. Walis. - BLACKWATER STATE
Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil. - ARISTATE
Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned. Gray. - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FRIGHTFUL
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn. - BICOSTATE
Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.