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Meaning of Independent

Synonyms of Independent

adjective

autarkic
autonomous
detached
disconnected
dissociated
free
freelance
irrelative
liber
masterless
neutral
nonpartisan
selfgoverning
selfreliant
selfsubsistent
selfsupporting
solutus
sovereign
unaffiliated
unallied
unassociated
unattached
unbound
unbridled
unchecked
uncommitted
unconnected
unconquered
uncontrolled
uncurbed
unencumbered
unenslaved
unenthralled
unfettered
unhindered
uninfluenced
unreined
unshackled
unsubjected
unvanquished
Associated Concepts: independent advice
independent agreement
independent cause
independent contractor
independent covenant
independent duty
independent negligence
independent tortfeasor
independently establishedforeign phrases: Illud quod alteri unitur extinguitur neque ampliusper se vacate /ice/
That which is united to another is extinguished
nor can it be independent

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Grammar

This term is an adjetive.

Etimology of Independent

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1610s, “not dependent on something else,” from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + dependent. French independant is attested from c. 1600; Italian independente from 1590s. In English originally of churches, nations; in reference to persons from 1660s. Meaning “able to live well without labor” is from 1732. Meaning “unbiased, set up so as to be unaffected by outside influence” is from 1790. Related: Independently. As a noun, from 1640s as “member of an independent congregational church, English Congregationalist.” It is attested from 1670s as “one who acts according to his own will” and 1808 in the specific sense “person not acting as part of a political party.”

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