Independence vs. Independent

Independencenoun

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.

Independencenoun

The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Independencenoun

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.

Independencenoun

Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Independencenoun

freedom from control or influence of another or others

Independencenoun

the successful ending of the American Revolution;

Independencenoun

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

Independencenoun

the fact or state of being independent

Independence

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.

Independentadjective

Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.

Independentadjective

(politics) Not affiliated with any political party.

Independentadjective

Providing a comfortable livelihood.

Independentadjective

Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.

Independentadjective

Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.

Independentnoun

A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.

Independentnoun

A neutral or uncommitted person.

Independentnoun

(sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Independentadjective

Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.

Independentadjective

Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.

Independentadjective

Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.

Independentadjective

Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.

Independentadjective

Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.

Independentadjective

Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.

Independentadjective

Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; - said of quantities or functions.

Independentadjective

Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.

Independentnoun

One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.

Independentnoun

One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.

Independentnoun

a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

Independentnoun

a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

Independentadjective

free from external control and constraint;

Independentadjective

not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else

Independentadjective

of political bodies;

Independentadjective

not contingent

Independentadjective

of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

Independentadjective

not controlled by a party or interest group