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Independence

Independence Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Independence? [n] the successful ending of the American Revolution; "they maintained close relations with England even after independence" [n] a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail [n] freedom from control or influence of another or others Synonyms \| Synonyms for Independence: independency Related Terms \| Find terms related to Independence: abstention \| affluence \| anythingarianism \| aplomb \| arrogance \| assets \| atrocity story \| autarchy \| autarky \| autonomousness \| autonomy \| banner \| battle hymn \| bloody shirt \| boastfulness \| bottomless purse \| bulging purse \| colors \| Communist threat \| composure \| conceit \| confidence \| constraint \| control \| cop-out \| crostarie \| Declaration of Independence \| disassociation \| discipline \| disconnection \| discreteness \| disjunction \| disjuncture \| dissociation \| easy circumstances \| embarras de richesses \| evasion \| expansionism \| face \| fence-sitting \| fiery cross \| fortune \| free will \| freedom \| gold \| gonfalon \| gratuitousness \| handsome fortune \| haughtiness \| high income \| high tax bracket \| home rule \| immateriality \| impartiality \| imperialist threat \| impertinence \| inapplicability \| inappositeness \| inconnection \| inconsequence \| individualism \| inner-direction \| internationalism \| internationality \| irrelation \| irrelevance \| liberty \| lucre \| luxuriousness \| mammon \| manifest destiny \| martial music \| material wealth \| money \| money to burn \| moneybags \| mugwumpery \| mugwumpism \| national anthem \| nationalism \| nationality \| nationhood \| neutralism \| neutrality \| nonalignment \| noncommitment \| noninvolvement \| nonpartisanism \| nothingarianism \| opulence \| opulency \| pardonable pride \| pelf \| peoplehood \| possession \| possessions \| pride \| pridefulness \| property \| prosperity \| prosperousness \| proudness \| purse-pride \| restraint \| riches \| richness \| rugged individualism \| self-action \| self-activity \| self-assurance \| self-command \| self-confidence \| self-conquest \| self-consequence \| self-containment \| self-control \| self-denial \| self-determination \| self-direction \| self-discipline \| self-esteem \| self-government \| self-help \| self-helpfulness \| self-improvement \| self-mastery \| self-possession \| self-reliance \| self-respect \| self-restraint \| self-sufficiency \| self-sustainment \| separateness \| six-figure income \| sovereign nationhood \| sovereignty \| spontaneity \| spontaneousness \| statehood \| stiff-necked pride \| stiff-neckedness \| strict neutrality \| substance \| treasure \| unconnectedness \| unforcedness \| unrelatedness \| upper bracket \| vanity \| voluntariness \| voluntarism \| voluntaryism \| volunteer \| volunteering \| war song \| wealth \| wealthiness \| Western imperialism \| yellow peril See Also \| autarchy \| autarky \| autonomy \| city \| freedom \| liberty \| metropolis \| Missouri \| MO \| self-direction \| self-reliance \| self-sufficiency \| separateness \| Show Me State \| triumph \| urban center \| victory Independence In Webster's Dictionary \In`de*pend"ence\, n. [Cf. F. ind['e]pendance.] 1. 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. --Pope. 2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood. {Declaration of Independence} (Amer. Hist.), the declaration of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America, on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared that these colonies were free and independent States, not subject to the government of Great Britain.

Independence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Independence?

[n] the successful ending of the American Revolution; "they maintained close relations with England even after independence"
[n] a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
[n] freedom from control or influence of another or others

Synonyms | Synonyms for Independence: independency

Independence In Webster's Dictionary

\In`de*pend"ence\, n. [Cf. F. ind['e]pendance.]
1. 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.
                                               --Pope.

2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

{Declaration of Independence} (Amer. Hist.), the declaration
   of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America,
   on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared
   that these colonies were free and independent States, not
   subject to the government of Great Britain.

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