Declaration of Independence (Amer. Hist.), the declaration of the
Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July,
1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and
independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.
In`de*pend"en*cy, n. 1. Independence.
"Give me," I cried (enough for me), "My bread, and independency!"
Pope.