An association of independent, sovereign states most of which formerly constituted the British Empire.

To defend against; to repel with force or effort / (nautical) To prevent (a vessel) from running against anything with too much violence.

(intransitive, informal) to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine

(idiomatic) Not informed, up-to-date, or current; not included in a process or discussion.

Someone who treats people according to their rank, status or importance.

(nautical, historical) An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.

(idiomatic) To make an extra effort, so as to help or hinder.

(mathematics) Any closed curve described by a Cartesian equation of the form (x²+y²)²=2a²(x²-y²).

The right of people to hold any religious beliefs, or none, and to carry out any practices in accordance with those beliefs or with that absence of belief, so long as these practices do not interfere with other people's legal or civil rights, or any reasonable laws, without fear of harm or prosecution.

(intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time. / (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly. / (transitive, informal) To kill someone.