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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Independent \In`de*pend"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not + dependent: cf F. ind['e]pendant.] 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. --Cowper. 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. --R. P. Ward. 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}. Syn: Free uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant; bold; unconstrained; unrestricted. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Independent \In`de*pend"ent\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: independent adj 1: free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic" [ant: {dependent}] 2: not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else 3: of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: {autonomous}, {self-governing}, {sovereign}] 4: not contingent 5: (grammar) of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" [syn: {main(a)}] [ant: {dependent}] 6: not controlled by a party or interest group n 1: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) [syn: {mugwump}] 2: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them [syn: {freelance}, {self-employed person}]
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