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Independence vs. Independent

Difference Between Independence and 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.
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Independent

Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
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Independence

the fact or state of being independent
I've always valued my independence
Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1816
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Independent

Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant
an independent mind.
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Independence

The state or quality of being independent.
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Independent

Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent
a decision independent of the outcome of the study.
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Independence

(Archaic) Sufficient income for comfortable self-support; a competence.
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Independent

often Independent Affiliated with or loyal to no one political party or organization.
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Independence

The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.
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Independent

Not dependent on or affiliated with a larger or controlling entity
an independent food store.
an independent film.
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Independence

The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
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Independent

Not relying on others for support, care, or funds; self-supporting.
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Independence

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.
Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Independent

Providing or being sufficient income to enable one to live without working
a person of independent means.
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Independence

Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
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Independent

Not dependent on other variables.
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Independence

freedom from control or influence of another or others
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Independent

Of or relating to a system of equations no one of which can be derived from another equation in the system.
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Independence

the successful ending of the American Revolution;
they maintained close relations with England even after independence
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Independent

Independent Of or relating to the 17th-century English Independents.
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Independence

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

often Independent One that is independent, especially a voter, officeholder, or political candidate who is not committed to a political party.
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Independent

Independent A member of a movement in England in the 17th century advocating the political and religious independence of individual congregations.
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Independent

Independent Chiefly British A Congregationalist.
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Independent

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

(politics) Not affiliated with any political party.
the independent candidate
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Independent

Providing a comfortable livelihood.
an independent property
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Independent

Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.
a man of an independent mind
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Independent

Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
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Independent

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

A neutral or uncommitted person.
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Independent

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

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

Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
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Independent

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

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

Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
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Independent

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

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

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

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

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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Independent

a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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Independent

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

free from external control and constraint;
an independent mind
a series of independent judgments
fiercely independent individualism
an independent republic
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Independent

not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
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Independent

of political bodies;
an autonomous judiciary
a sovereign state
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Independent

not contingent
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Independent

of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
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Independent

not controlled by a party or interest group
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