independence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
    independency.
  2. noun the successful ending of the American Revolution
    • they maintained close relations with England even after independence
  3. noun a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

WordNet


In`de*pend"ence noun
Etymology
Cf. F. indépendance.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913