Independent /(?)/
In·de·pend·ent
Independent
a.
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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.
A dry, but independent crust.
- Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
- Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
- Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.
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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.
- Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents. (Eccl.)
- Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions. (Math.)
- Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party. (U. S. Politics)
Phrases & Compounds
- Independent company
- 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
- See Dependent variable, under Dependent.
Independent
n.
- One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. (Eccl.)
- One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting. (Politics)