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   Independent , a. [Pref. in- not + dependent: cf. F. indépendant.]
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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.
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   A dry, but independent crust.
   Cowper.
   
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   Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
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   Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.
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   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.
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   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.
   
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   (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.
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   (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.
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   (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.
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   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.
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   Independent , n.
    (Eccl.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
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   ☞ In England the name is often applied (commonly in the pl.) to the Congregationalists.
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   (Politics) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.
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