Polity

Question 1

renounce

\ ri-ˈnau̇n(t)s\

Answer 1

1 : to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
- renounce his errors
2 : to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further : repudiate
- renounce the authority of the church

Question 2

allegiance

al·​le·​giance

Answer 2

devotion or loyalty to a person, group, or cause

• allegiance to a political party
• persons must take an oath of allegiance before they are registered as citizens of India.

Question 3

waive

\ ˈwāv \

Answer 3

1. a : to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
   - waive a jury trial
   b : to refrain from pressing or enforcing (something, such as a claim or rule) : forgo
   - waive the fee
   2 : to put off from immediate consideration : postpone
   3 [influenced by wave entry ] : to dismiss with or as if with a wave of the hand
   - waived the problem aside

Question 4

duress

\ du̇-ˈres \

Answer 4

1. law : forcible restraint or restriction
   - while the German army was still held in duress by the Versailles treaty— S. L. A. Marshall
2. law : compulsion (see compulsion sense 1a) by threat
   - gave the statement under duress
   specifically : unlawful
   - constraint held under duress

Question 5

diaspora

di·​as·​po·​ra

Answer 5

people settled far from their ancestral homelands

Question 6

rescind

\ ri-ˈsind \

Answer 6

1. to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : repeal
2. to take away : remove

Question 7

subsistence

sub·​sis·​tence

Answer 7

the condition of remaining in existence : continuation, persistence

Question 8

solemn

sol·​emn

Answer 8

1. marked by the invocation of a religious sanction
2. marked by the observance of established form or ceremony
   specifically : celebrated with full liturgical ceremony