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Another word for independence

Noun

  1. The condition of being politically free

    2. See also:

    free

    dependence

  2. The capacity to manage one's own affairs, make one's own judgments, and provide for oneself

    3. See also:

    dependence

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Sentence Examples

  • Our independence is nonnegotiable.

  • Who was Katie to teach her independence anyway?

  • "I don't like those fashionable churches," she said, evidently priding herself on her independence of thought.

  • In this way his independence among the people to whom he ministers is to a large extent secured.

  • What I say is widen the scope of our society, let the mot d'ordre be not virtue alone but independence and action as well!

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