REPUBLIC
Scrabble letter values: R1E1P3U1B3L1I1C3 = 14
Definition
- noun a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. — synonyms: democracy, commonwealth
- noun a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch.
Examples
- “the head of state in a republic is usually a president”
- “The United States is a republic; the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy.”
- “The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.”