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    • Synonyms independence 1 American [in-di-pen-duhns] / ˌɪn dɪˈpɛn dəns /

    noun

    1. Also the state or quality of being independent.

    2. freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others.

    3. Archaic. a competency.

    Independence 2 American [in-di-pen-duhns] / ˌɪn dɪˈpɛn dəns /

    noun

    1. a city in W Missouri: starting point of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails.

    2. a town in SE Kansas.

    Independence 1 British / ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns /

    noun

    1. a city in W Missouri, near Kansas City: starting point for the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails (1831–44). Pop: 112 079 (2003 est)

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 independence 2 British / ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns /

    noun

    1. Also called: independency. the state or quality of being independent

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Independence Cultural

    1. City in western Missouri.

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    Beginning of the Santa Fe Trail, used by settlers moving west.

    Other Word Forms

    • interindependence noun
    • postindependence adjective
    • preindependence noun
    • superindependence noun

    Etymology

    Origin of independence

    First recorded in 1630–40; independ(ent) + -ence

    Example Sentences

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    “Everyone we know believes in Fed independence, and so do we,” Dimon said on a media call following JPMorgan’s earnings release Tuesday.

    From Barron's

    And while millennial women are Holden’s core audience, she said that the “Rich Old Lady” is an avatar for financial independence that applies to all ages and genders.

    From MarketWatch

    He provides sharp observations on the Easter Rising of 1916, the war for independence and the civil war of the early 1920s.

    From The Wall Street Journal

    Most Greenlanders want independence but disagree on when and under what conditions.

    From The Wall Street Journal

    It declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but had never been recognised internationally until Israel's move.

    From Barron's

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    • ability
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    • self-determination
    • self-government
    • self-reliance
    • self-rule
    • self-sufficiency
    • separation
    • sovereignty

    Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

    Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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