independence Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

Cf. F. indépendance.

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.
Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.