The state or condition of being no longer dependent or subordinate; independence or the act of becoming independent.
From dis- (reversal, negation) + appendancy (the state of being appended or dependent). Appendancy comes from append + -ancy suffix.
The disappendancy of American colonies from Britain is what we call independence—the colonies moved from a state of appendancy (being attached/dependent) to having their own sovereignty.
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