renounce allegiance
1renounce — re·nounce /ri nau̇ns/ vb re·nounced, re·nounc·ing vt 1: to announce one s abandonment or giving up of a right to or interest in: disclaim (1) renounce an inheritance 2: to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further …
2allegiance — I noun adherence, adherence to duty, attachment, bounden duty, call of duty, case of conscience, commitment, constancy, deference, devotedness, devotion, duteousness, dutifulness, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, fides, homage, imperative… …
3Allegiance — An allegiance is a duty of fidelity said to be owed by a subject or a citizen to his/her state or sovereign.Origin of the wordMid. English ligeaunce ; med. Latin ligeantia ; the al was probably added through confusion with another legal term,… …
4Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom) — King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede …
5Oath of Allegiance (United States) — The United States Oath of Allegiance (officially referred to as the Oath of Allegiance, 8 C.F.R. Part 337 (2008)) is an oath that must be taken by all immigrants who wish to become United States citizens. The first officially recorded Oaths of… …
6expatriate — ex·pa·tri·ate /ek spā trē ˌāt/ vb at·ed, at·ing vt: to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one s native country vi: to renounce allegiance to one s country and abandon one s nationality voluntarily ex·pa·tri·ate / trē ət/ n… …
7Renunciation of citizenship — Renunciation is a voluntary act of relinquishing one s citizenship (or nationality). It is the opposite of naturalization whereby a person voluntarily acquires a citizenship, and related to denaturalization where the loss of citizenship is not… …
8expatriate — I. verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Medieval Latin expatriatus, past participle of expatriare to leave one s own country, from Latin ex + patria native country, from feminine of patrius of a father, from patr , pater father more at father Date:… …
9revolt — I. verb Etymology: Middle French revolter, from Old Italian rivoltare to overthrow, from Vulgar Latin *revolvitare, frequentative of Latin revolvere to revolve, roll back Date: 1539 intransitive verb 1. to renounce allegiance or subjection (as to …
10Kildare, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th Earl of — ▪ Irish leader byname Silken Thomas born 1513, London, Eng. died Feb. 3, 1537, London leader of a major Irish rebellion against King Henry VIII of England. The failure of the uprising ended the Fitzgerald family s hereditary viceroyalty… …
