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. |