| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Oppress | to burden with cruel restraints |
| Petition | a formally drawn request |
| Redress | to correct |
| Unwarrantable | not justifiable |
| Appeal | an application or proceeding for review by a higher tribunal |
| Inevitable | unable to be avoided |
| Consanguinity | close relationship |
| Magnanimity | genorous in forgiving an insult or an injury |
| Rectitude | moral virtue |
| Solemn | serious or earnest |
| Absolve | to free from guilt |
| Allegiance | loyalty of a citizen to his or her government |
| Alliance | a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations |
| Commerce | the trading of goods or commodities |
| Mutual | having the same relation each toward the other |
| Humble | not proud or modest |
| Annihilate | to destroy completely |
| Brethren | blood relationship |
| Convulsion | contortion of the body caused by violent contractions |
| Insurrection | an act of rising in revolt against civil authority |
| Endeavor | to attempt or try |
| Merciless | showing no mercy |
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