Hood.

Environs.

Huh?

What?

pardon?

Reprieve
ON a side note:
en·vi·rons
inˈvīrənz/
noun
the surrounding area or district.

I'm perfectly aware of what it means, thank you very much, but what has environs to do with 'hood'? This is a word association game. On that note...
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Amnesty.

Freedom

ho͝od
noun:
a neighborhood, especially one's own neighborhood.


In lots of areas a "hood" is actually a large district.

I'm British. A hood is something that covers your head, nothing else. And in any case, 'hood referring to 'neighbourhood' is a colloquial contraction. It takes some stretch to associate 'hood' with 'environs'. Anyway...
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Emancipation.

wholeheartedly agree, and would not have gone that direction myself. Sorry and will stop derailing the thread.

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Proclamation

independence

Sovereignty.

Dominion.

Founder.

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