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Noun: independence  ,in-di'pen-dun(t)s
  1. Freedom from control or influence of another or others
    - independency
     
  2. The successful ending of the American Revolution
    "they maintained close relations with England even after independence"
     
  3. The state of being able to support oneself without help from others
Noun: Independence  ,in-di'pen-dun(t)s
  1. A city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

Sounds like: inciteful, insightence, independ

Derived forms: independences

See also: dependent, independent

Type of: city, freedom, metropolis, triumph, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn], victory

Part of: Missouri, MO, Mo., Show Me State

Encyclopedia: Independence, Or