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English to English adjective
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free from external control and constraint |  | Example: an independent mind
a series of independent judgments
fiercely independent individualism
source: wordnet30
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(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence | | Example: the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
source: wordnet30
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Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | | Example: an autonomous judiciary
a sovereign state
source: wordnet30
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not controlled by a party or interest group | | source: wordnet30 noun
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a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | | source: wordnet30
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a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | | source: wordnet30
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One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self- government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. | | source: webster1913
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