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What does independence mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word independence? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
  2. The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
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Since 1689 it has had a Presbyterian system of church government, and enjoys independence from the state.
They are going to hold a plebiscite on the question of national independence.
A war broke out when the colonists demanded their independence.
She asserted her independence from her parents by getting her own apartment.
This term is also used in the context of potential Scottish independence to mean the UK without Scotland.
After decades of empty rhetoric, that's the down payment that we need on energy independence.

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