independence (n.)

  1. freedom from control or influence of another or others

    [ Syn: independency ]

  2. the successful ending of the American Revolution; they maintained close relations with England even after independence'

  3. a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

    [ Syn: independence ]

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