Independence vs. Independency

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

Example: ‘Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.’;

Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

freedom from control or influence of another or others

the successful ending of the American Revolution;

Example: ‘they maintained close relations with England even after independence’;

a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

the fact or state of being independent

Example: ‘I've always valued my independence’; ‘Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1816’;

Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory.

Independence.

An independent territory or state.

Independence.

Example: ‘"Give me," I cried (enough for me),"My bread, and independency!"’;

Doctrine and polity of the Independents.

freedom from control or influence of another or others

an independent state.

archaic term for independence