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INDEPENDENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The successful ending of the American Revolution
Example:
they maintained close relations with England even after independence
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("independence" is a kind of...):
triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Independence" is a part of...):
Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Freedom from control or influence of another or others
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("independence" is a kind of...):
freedom (the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints)
Attribute:
dependent (relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed)
independent (free from external control and constraint)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "independence"):
autonomy; liberty (immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence)
autarchy; autarky (economic independence as a national policy)
autonomy; self-direction; self-reliance; self-sufficiency (personal independence)
separateness (political independence)
Derivation:
independent (free from external control and constraint)
independent (not controlled by a party or interest group)
independent ((of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces)
Context examples:
If you're elderly, it can lead to disability and a loss of independence.
(Falls, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
The quality of the person's ADL performance is assessed by rating the effort, efficiency, safety, and independence of 16 ADL motor and 20 ADL process skill items.
(Assessment of Motor and Process Skills, NCI Thesaurus)
Your illness might affect your appearance or your physical abilities and independence.
(Coping with Chronic Illness, NIH)
It was a grand boon doubtless; and independence would be glorious—yes, I felt that—that thought swelled my heart.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She instructed her daughter in the tenets of her religion and taught her to aspire to higher powers of intellect and an independence of spirit forbidden to the female followers of Muhammad.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He had a considerable independence besides two good livings—and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Two Harvard researchers say they have found a rare parchment copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence — in England.
(Parchment Copy of Declaration of Independence Found in Small British Town, VOA)
Mr. Creakle then made a speech, through Tungay, in which he thanked Steerforth for asserting (though perhaps too warmly) the independence and respectability of Salem House; and which he wound up by shaking hands with Steerforth, while we gave three cheers—I did not quite know what for, but I supposed for Steerforth, and so joined in them ardently, though I felt miserable.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The plan was that she should be brought up for educating others; the very few hundred pounds which she inherited from her father making independence impossible.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Independence was more needful than ever; the want of it at Mansfield more sensibly felt.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
