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adjective

Independent adj.

1.

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."

2.

Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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."

6.

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

7.

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

8.

(U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.

Independent company (Mil.), one not incorporated in any regiment.

Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc., for timing to a fraction of a second.

Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable, under Dependent.

Synonyms: Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant; bold; unconstrained; unrestricted.

noun

Independent n.

1.

(Eccl.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. Note: In England the name is often applied (commonly in the pl.) to the Congregationalists.

2.

(Politics) 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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Etymology of 'Independent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... an instinct sheathed itself in her face. "But it is much better than it was, really. He is hardly ever troublesome now. He understands. And he teaches me a great deal more than I can tell you. You know," she asserted, with the effect of taking an independent view, "as an artist he has my ...

— Hilda - A Story of Calcutta • Sara Jeannette Duncan

... you might question his veracity; but you could not say the thing admitted no evidence, because it was contrary to the law and usual course of nature; for the law of nature formed to yourself from your own experience and reasoning is quite independent of the matter of fact which the man testifies: and whenever you see facts yourself, which contradict your notions of the law of nature, you admit the facts, because you believe yourself; when you do not admit like facts upon the evidence ...

— The Trial of the Witnessses of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ • Thomas Sherlock

... signs may be understood without being identical with any before seen. The entribal as well as intertribal exercise of Indians for generations in gesture language has naturally produced great skill both in expression and reception, so as to render them measurably independent of any prior mutual understanding, or what in a system of signals is called preconcert. Two accomplished army signalists can, after sufficient trial, communicate without having any code in common between them, ...

— Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes • Garrick Mallery

... one of human frailty, and is soon told. His mother had been extremely beautiful, his father the possessor of a small independent fortune. They had lived happily together many years, and she had brought him five children; four girls and this boy. I have heard that the father doted with no common passion—in a husband, Catherine—upon ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. • Various

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