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independent a. free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
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independent s. [
autonomous, self-governing, sovereign] (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
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independent n. [
mugwump, fencesitter] a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
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independent n. [
freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, self-employed person] a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
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independent a. [
main] (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
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