HyperDic: declaration_of_independence

English > 1 sense of the expression *Declaration of Independence*:
NOUN	communication	Declaration of Independence	the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain

English > *Declaration of Independence*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain.
Instance of	resolution, declaration, resolve	A formal expression by a meeting