independent

Speech parts

1. independent - Noun

2. independent - Adjective

3. independent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Examples

an autonomous judiciary Source: Internet

a sovereign state Source: Internet

an independent mind Source: Internet

a series of independent judgments Source: Internet

fiercely independent individualism Source: Internet

the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb Source: Internet

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