Dictionary definition · independent
noun
- a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
- a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
adjective
- free from external control and constraint"an independent mind"
- (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces"an autonomous judiciary"
- (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"
- not controlled by a party or interest group
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).