- the state or quality of being independent; freedom from the influence, control, or determination of another or others
- Now Rare an income sufficient for a livelihood
Origin of independence
Medieval Latin independentia
noun
The definition of independence is freedom from the control or influence of others.
When kids grow up and move out and start making their own decisions, this is an example of independence.
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Independence
city in W Mo.: suburb of Kansas City
Origin of Independence
in honor of Andrew Jackson in allusion to his independence of characterWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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independence
noun
- The state or quality of being independent.
- Archaic Sufficient income for comfortable self-support; a competence.
Independence
A city of western Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. It was a starting point for the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails during the 1800s.x
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Noun
(plural independences)
- 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.
Origin
From French indépendance
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Sentence Examples
- Our independence is nonnegotiable.
- Who was Katie to teach her independence anyway?
- In this way his independence among the people to whom he ministers is to a large extent secured.
- What I say is widen the scope of our society, let the mot d'ordre be not virtue alone but independence and action as well!
- "I don't like those fashionable churches," she said, evidently priding herself on her independence of thought.
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