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| of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: |
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| Military. incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment (distinguished from arrest ). |
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a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.:
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| any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc. |
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| a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor. |
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| the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs; the executive. |
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| the group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61. |
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| the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness: |
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| a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands. |
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| rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and certain Congressional acts, especially as applied to an individual or a minority group. |
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| the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted: |
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| change of residence, position, etc. |
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| a non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical. |
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| people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like. |
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| the branch of government having the power to make laws; the legislature. |
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| a change made by correction, addition, or deletion: |
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| freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others. |
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| the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution, setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words, “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union. …”. |
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| a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: |
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| the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: |
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| a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe. |
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| the natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc. |
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| the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary. |
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| the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: |
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| a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes. |
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| devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty. |
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| an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. |
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| the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: |
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| being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: |
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| a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations. |
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| the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: |
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| Groups of people linked by ethnicity mainly pertaining to country of origin |
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| a clause, item, point, or particular in a contract, treaty, or other formal agreement; a condition or stipulation in a contract or bargain: |
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| the fundamental or organic law of the U.S., framed in 1787 by the Constitutional Convention. It went into effect March 4, 1789. |
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| the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution. |
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| a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures. |
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| the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: |
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