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Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.

Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness. Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in…

Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.

f our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.

a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.

A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence. Sir M. Hale.

ument or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington). In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. Buckle.…

See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.

State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust. Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other. Sir J. Reynolds. So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. Bacon.…

As having dependence. Hale.

Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [R.]

ssolve the political bands which have connected them with another. The Declaration of Independence.

y interference to oppress, or in any manner control the destiny of, governments whose independence had been acknowledged by the United States.

The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition;…

of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence. -- E*mer"gent*ly, adv. -- E*mer"gent*ness, n. [R.]

One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. An expectant of future glory. South. Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.

The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion. Official formalism. Sir H. Rawlinson.

United States, the fourth day of July, the anniversary of the declaration of American independence; as, to celebrate the Fourth.

The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton.

littering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. R. Choate.