commonwealth

Definition 1

Non-political, loose, and voluntary association of sovereign states, such as the British Commonwealth whose members are now-independent former British colonies, and which has no charter or constitution.

Definition 2

Political union in which a state with local autonomy (such as Puerto Rico) voluntarily accepts the sovereignty of another state (the United States) over its own.


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