Independence
[ɪndɪ'pend(ə)ns] or [,ɪndɪ'pɛndəns]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) freedom from control or influence of another or others.
Checked by Clifton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
Typist: Michael
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Freedom, liberty, self-direction, exemption from control.
Typist: Toni
Unserious Contents or Definition
Self government. Good enough for a Cuban, but too good for a Filipino.
Editor: Sharon
Examples
- With his usual thoughtfulness, he had provided for her independence in this situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I wish to leave the poor girls some little independence, as well as a good name. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Amy's definition of Jo's idea of independence was such a good hit that both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Having now asserted my independence in a proper manner, I may come to how do you find yourself, and I hope you're pretty well. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He fought all through the long War of Independence--seven years--and then appears to have settled down at Stonington, Connecticut. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My personal independence is as important to me as yours is to you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You have deprived the best years of his life of that independence which was no less his due than his desert. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But now my boasted independence was daily instigating me to acts of tyranny, and freedom was becoming licentiousness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- During the years of the American War of Independence there were few signs of any impending explosion in France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Go to my lawyer (you remember where; you have been there before) and show your independence now, will you? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A child wearing a green frock on Independence Day seems at night to be wearing a black frock, if standing near powders burning with red, blue, or violet light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is in the older and more characteristic English tradition from which the Declaration of Independence derives. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You are the picture of independence. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The Declaration of Independence said that all men are born equal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Stanton