declaration of independence

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   the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain

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Questions about declaration of independence

What does declaration of independence mean?

declaration of independence means "the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain".

Is declaration of independence a common word?

declaration of independence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.