independence
5 definitions found
independence - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Independence \In`de*pend"ence\, n. [Cf. F. ind['e]pendance.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Let fortune do her worst, . . . as long as she never
makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
[1913 Webster]
Declaration of Independence (Amer. Hist.), the declaration
of the Congress of the Thirteen United States of America,
on the 4th of July, 1776, by which they formally declared
that these colonies were free and independent States, not
subject to the government of Great Britain.
[1913 Webster]
independence - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
independence
n 1: freedom from control or influence of another or others
[syn: independence, 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
independence - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Independence, CA
Zip code(s): 93526
Independence, IA (city, FIPS 38100)
Location: 42.46805 N, 91.89099 W
Population (1990): 5972 (2480 housing units)
Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50644
Independence, KS (city, FIPS 33875)
Location: 37.23152 N, 95.71385 W
Population (1990): 9942 (4735 housing units)
Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67301
Independence, KY (city, FIPS 39142)
Location: 38.95442 N, 84.54735 W
Population (1990): 10444 (3686 housing units)
Area: 42.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 41051
Independence, LA (town, FIPS 37025)
Location: 30.63547 N, 90.50506 W
Population (1990): 1632 (700 housing units)
Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70443
Independence, MI
Zip code(s): 48346, 48348
Independence, MN (city, FIPS 30842)
Location: 45.02205 N, 93.70519 W
Population (1990): 2822 (971 housing units)
Area: 84.4 sq km (land), 5.2 sq km (water)
Independence, MO (city, FIPS 35000)
Location: 39.08934 N, 94.35341 W
Population (1990): 112301 (48262 housing units)
Area: 202.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64050, 64052, 64053, 64055, 64056, 64057, 64058
Independence, OH (city, FIPS 37240)
Location: 41.38032 N, 81.64151 W
Population (1990): 6500 (2424 housing units)
Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 44131
Independence, OR (city, FIPS 36150)
Location: 44.85534 N, 123.19249 W
Population (1990): 4425 (1539 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97351
Independence, VA (town, FIPS 39528)
Location: 36.62284 N, 81.15101 W
Population (1990): 988 (495 housing units)
Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 24348
Independence, WI (city, FIPS 36800)
Location: 44.36216 N, 91.41931 W
Population (1990): 1041 (463 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54747
Independence, WV
Zip code(s): 26374
independence - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
INDEPENDENCE. A state of perfect irresponsibility to any superior; the
United States are free and independent of all earthly power.
2. Independence may be divided into political and natural independence.
By the former is to be understood that we have contracted no tie except
those which flow from the three great natural rights of safety, liberty and
property. The latter consists in the power of being able to enjoy a
permanent well-being, whatever may be the disposition of those from whom we
call ourselves independent. In that sense a nation may be independent with
regard to most people, but not independent of the whole world. Vide on of
Independence.
independence - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
159 Moby Thesaurus words for "independence":
Communist threat, Declaration of Independence, Western imperialism,
abstention, affluence, anythingarianism, aplomb, arrogance, assets,
atrocity story, autarchy, autarky, autonomousness, autonomy,
banner, battle hymn, bloody shirt, boastfulness, bottomless purse,
bulging purse, colors, composure, conceit, confidence, constraint,
control, cop-out, crostarie, disassociation, discipline,
disconnection, discreteness, disjunction, disjuncture,
dissociation, easy circumstances, embarras de richesses, evasion,
expansionism, face, fence-sitting, fiery cross, fortune, free will,
freedom, gold, gonfalon, gratuitousness, handsome fortune,
haughtiness, high income, high tax bracket, home rule,
immateriality, impartiality, imperialist threat, impertinence,
inapplicability, inappositeness, inconnection, inconsequence,
individualism, inner-direction, internationalism, internationality,
irrelation, irrelevance, liberty, lucre, luxuriousness, mammon,
manifest destiny, martial music, material wealth, money,
money to burn, moneybags, mugwumpery, mugwumpism, national anthem,
nationalism, nationality, nationhood, neutralism, neutrality,
nonalignment, noncommitment, noninvolvement, nonpartisanism,
nothingarianism, opulence, opulency, pardonable pride, pelf,
peoplehood, possession, possessions, pride, pridefulness, property,
prosperity, prosperousness, proudness, purse-pride, restraint,
riches, richness, rugged individualism, self-action, self-activity,
self-assurance, self-command, self-confidence, self-conquest,
self-consequence, self-containment, self-control, self-denial,
self-determination, self-direction, self-discipline, self-esteem,
self-government, self-help, self-helpfulness, self-improvement,
self-mastery, self-possession, self-reliance, self-respect,
self-restraint, self-sufficiency, self-sustainment, separateness,
six-figure income, sovereign nationhood, sovereignty, spontaneity,
spontaneousness, statehood, stiff-necked pride, stiff-neckedness,
strict neutrality, substance, treasure, unconnectedness,
unforcedness, unrelatedness, upper bracket, vanity, voluntariness,
voluntarism, voluntaryism, volunteer, volunteering, war song,
wealth, wealthiness, yellow peril
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