Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Independence.
- noun An independent territory or state.
- noun The Independent movement in 17th-century England.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Independence.
- noun Eccles., the principle that the individual congregation or church is a society strictly voluntary and autonomous, standing directly under the authority of Jesus Christ, living in immediate dependence on him, and responsible to him alone for its beliefs and acts as a Christian society; specifically, the principles of the Independents or English Congregationalists, as distinguished from those of the Congregationalists of the United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Independence.
- noun (Eccl.) Doctrine and polity of the Independents.
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- noun
Independence . - noun An independent territory or state.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
Etymologies
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Examples
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Armstrong (Armstrong 1997) works with a different notion of independency, which we may call independency*.
Facts Mulligan, Kevin 2007
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You know by what snatches of time I write, that I may not neglect that, and that I may preserve that independency which is the comfort of my life.
Thrift Samuel Smiles 1858
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Convention taken on every question under the idea of independency? "
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Jefferson Davis 1848
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Teaching your children skills of independency and working as a team will benefit everyone in the end.
Lisa Copen: Organizing Children's Morning Routines When You're Ill Lisa Copen 2011
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Teaching your children skills of independency and working as a team will benefit everyone in the end.
Lisa Copen: Organizing Children's Morning Routines When You're Ill Lisa Copen 2011
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They might claim independency but when the parade begins they will be in formation AND in LOCKSTEP as they've been trained.
House Dem on Blue Dogs: 'Not everybody is on the same page' 2009
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The overcoming of a break up is an important step to autonomy and independency.
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Good that central banks are protect through their independency from such populist bullshit.
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But wait, up in the sky, it's a bird, a plane, no it's the magic cloak of independency.
Mitchell Ceasar: The Curious Case of Charlie Crist Mitchell Ceasar 2010
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Finally, his list of amendments included an assertion “that the sovereignty, freedom, and independency of the several states shall be retained, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Constitution expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.”
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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