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independence noun. M17.
[from INDEPENDENT adjective, partly after French independance: see -ENCE.]
The condition or quality of being independent. M17.
Declaration of Independence: see DECLARATION 4.
W. Stubbs The proud independence of the Percies was becoming..a source of danger. C. Ives Americans..still have enough independence of thought..to work out their own way of progress. Lyndon B. Johnson The new West African republic of Senegal was celebrating its independence.
An income sufficient to relieve one from the need to earn one's living. E19.
Thackeray You are heir to a little independence.
Comb.: Independence Day a day celebrating the anniversary of national independence; esp. 4 July in the US, commemorating the making of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.