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independence

name · noun · 35 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dəns/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 2

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place, the county seat of Inyo County, California.

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Meaning 3

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado.

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Meaning 4

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Warren Township, Warren County, Indiana.

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Meaning 5

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Buchanan County, Iowa.

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Meaning 6

A number of places in the United States:

A city, the county seat of Montgomery County, Kansas.

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Meaning 7

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Kentucky, and one of the two county seats of Kenton County.

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Meaning 8

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.

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Meaning 9

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

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Meaning 10

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Minnesota.

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Meaning 11

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Tate County, Mississippi.

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Meaning 12

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Missouri, United States and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.

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Meaning 13

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Allegany County, New York.

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Meaning 14

A number of places in the United States:

A river in New York; rising in Big Moose and flowing into the Black River at Pine Grove.

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Meaning 15

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

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Meaning 16

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Defiance County, Ohio.

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Meaning 17

A number of places in the United States:

A ghost town in Custer County, Oklahoma.

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Meaning 18

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Polk County, Oregon; named for the city in Missouri.

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Meaning 19

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee.

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Meaning 20

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Texas.

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Meaning 21

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Uintah County, Utah.

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Meaning 22

A number of places in the United States:

A town in Wasatch County, Utah.

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Meaning 23

A number of places in the United States:

A town, the county seat of Grayson County, Virginia.

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Meaning 24

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.

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Meaning 25

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.

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Meaning 26

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.

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Meaning 27

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia.

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Meaning 28

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington.

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Meaning 29

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

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Meaning 30

A number of places in the United States:

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Independence Township.

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31

noun

Meaning 31

The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • In 1947, India gained independence from the British Empire.

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32

noun

Meaning 32

The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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33

noun

Meaning 33

the successful ending of the American Revolution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they maintained close relations with England even after independence

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Broader terms: victory, triumph

34

noun

Meaning 34

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

35

noun

Meaning 35

freedom from control or influence of another or others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: independency

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: freedom

Narrower terms: autonomy, liberty, autarky, autarchy, self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, separateness

History

Etymology

From French indépendance. Analyzable as in- + de- + pend + -ence or in- + dependence.

Across languages

Translations

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: onafhanklikheid — state or quality of being independent
  • Albanian: pavarësi — state or quality of being independent
  • Albanian: pamvarësi — state or quality of being independent
  • Arabic: اِسْتِقْلَال (istiqlāl) — state or quality of being independent
  • Arabic: اِسْتِقْلَال (istiglāl) — state or quality of being independent
  • Armenian: անկախություն (ankaxutʻyun) — state or quality of being independent
  • Asturian: independencia — state or quality of being independent
  • Azerbaijani: istiqlal — state or quality of being independent
  • Azerbaijani: istiqlaliyyət — state or quality of being independent
  • Azerbaijani: müstəqillik — state or quality of being independent
  • Bashkir: бойондороҡһоҙлоҡ (boyondoroqhoźloq) — state or quality of being independent
  • Basque: independentzia — state or quality of being independent
  • Belarusian: незале́жнасць (njezaljéžnascʹ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Belarusian: незале́жнасьць (njezaljéžnasʹcʹ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Belarusian: самасто́йнасць (samastójnascʹ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Belarusian: самасто́йнасьць (samastójnasʹcʹ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Bengali: স্বাধীনতা (śadhinota) — state or quality of being independent
  • Bengali: আজাদি (ajadi) — state or quality of being independent
  • Bulgarian: незави́симост (nezavísimost) — state or quality of being independent
  • Burmese: ကိုယ့်မင်းကိုယ့်ချင်း (kuiy.mang:kuiy.hkyang:) — state or quality of being independent
  • Burmese: လွတ်လပ်ရေး (lwatlap-re:) — state or quality of being independent
  • Catalan: independència — state or quality of being independent
  • Cebuano: kagawasan — state or quality of being independent
  • Cebuano: kaugalingnan — state or quality of being independent
  • Chechen: лаамалла (laamalla) — state or quality of being independent
  • Chechen: дозушцахилар (dozušcaxilar) — state or quality of being independent
  • Chinese Cantonese: 獨立 /独立 (duk6 laap6) — state or quality of being independent
  • Chinese: дўли (dwli) — state or quality of being independent
  • Chinese: 獨立 /独立 (zh-min-nan) — state or quality of being independent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獨立 /独立 (dúlì) — state or quality of being independent
  • Wu Chinese: 獨立 /独立 (8doq-liq) — state or quality of being independent
  • Maore Comorian: uhuru — state or quality of being independent
  • Crimean Tatar: mustaqillik — state or quality of being independent
  • Czech: nezávislost — state or quality of being independent
  • Czech: samostatnost — state or quality of being independent
  • Danish: uafhængighed — state or quality of being independent
  • Danish: selvstændighed — state or quality of being independent
  • Dutch: onafhankelijkheid — state or quality of being independent
  • Dutch: zelfstandigheid — state or quality of being independent
  • Esperanto: sendependeco — state or quality of being independent
  • Estonian: iseseisvus — state or quality of being independent
  • Faroese: sjálvstýri — state or quality of being independent
  • Faroese: sjálvræði — state or quality of being independent
  • Finnish: itsenäisyys — state or quality of being independent
  • French: indépendance — state or quality of being independent
  • Gagauz: baamsızlık — state or quality of being independent
  • Galician: independencia — state or quality of being independent
  • Georgian: დამოუკიდებლობა (damouḳidebloba) — state or quality of being independent
  • German: Unabhängigkeit — state or quality of being independent
  • Greek: ανεξαρτησία (anexartisía) — state or quality of being independent
  • Ancient Greek: αὐτονομία (autonomía) — state or quality of being independent
  • Gujarati: સ્વતંત્રતા (svatantratā) — state or quality of being independent
  • Hebrew: עַצְמָאוּת (atsmaút) — state or quality of being independent
  • Hindi: स्वतंत्रता (svatantratā) — state or quality of being independent
  • Hindi: आज़ादी (āzādī) — state or quality of being independent
  • Hungarian: függetlenség — state or quality of being independent
  • Icelandic: sjálfstæði — state or quality of being independent
  • Icelandic: óhæði — state or quality of being independent
  • Indonesian: kemerdekaan — state or quality of being independent
  • Italian: indipendenza — state or quality of being independent
  • Japanese: 独立 (dokuritsu) — state or quality of being independent
  • Kannada: ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ (svātantrya) — state or quality of being independent
  • Kazakh: тәуелсіздік (täuelsızdık) — state or quality of being independent
  • Khmer: ឯករាជ្យ (ʼaekaʼriəc) — state or quality of being independent
  • Korean: 독립 (dongnip) — state or quality of being independent
  • Central Kurdish: سەربەخۆیی (serbexoyî) — state or quality of being independent
  • Northern Kurdish: serbixweyî — state or quality of being independent
  • Northern Kurdish: serxwebûn — state or quality of being independent
  • Kyrgyz: эгемендүүлүк (egemendüülük) — state or quality of being independent
  • Lao: ເອກະລາດ (ʼē ka lāt) — state or quality of being independent
  • Latin: lībertās — state or quality of being independent
  • Latin: indēpendēntia — state or quality of being independent
  • Latvian: neatkarība — state or quality of being independent
  • Lithuanian: nepriklausomybė — state or quality of being independent
  • Macedonian: независност (nezavisnost) — state or quality of being independent
  • Malay: kemerdekaan — state or quality of being independent
  • Malayalam: സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം (svātantryaṁ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Maltese: indipendenza — state or quality of being independent
  • Manx: seyrsnys — state or quality of being independent
  • Manx: neuchommeeys — state or quality of being independent
  • Manx: neuchrogheydys — state or quality of being independent
  • Māori: mana motuhake — state or quality of being independent
  • Māori: motuhaketanga — state or quality of being independent
  • Marathi: स्वातंत्र्य (svātantrya) — state or quality of being independent
  • Mongolian: бие даасан байдал (bije daasan bajdal) — state or quality of being independent
  • Mongolian: тусгаар тогтнол (tusgaar togtnol) — state or quality of being independent
  • Nahuatl: tlācaxoxouhcāyōtl — state or quality of being independent
  • Nahuatl: tlakaxoxoukayotl — state or quality of being independent
  • Nepali: स्वतन्त्रता (svatantratā) — state or quality of being independent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uavhengighet — state or quality of being independent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvstende — state or quality of being independent
  • Occitan: independéncia — state or quality of being independent
  • Odia: ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା (swādhinatā) — state or quality of being independent
  • Okinawan: ちゅいだち (cuidaci) — state or quality of being independent
  • Pashto: استقلال (esteqlãl) — state or quality of being independent
  • Pashto: آزادي (āzādí) — state or quality of being independent
  • Dari: اِسْتِقْلَال (istiqlāl) — state or quality of being independent
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْتِقْلال (esteġlâl) — state or quality of being independent
  • Iranian Persian: آزادی (âzâdi) — state or quality of being independent
  • Polish: niepodległość — state or quality of being independent
  • Polish: niezależność — state or quality of being independent
  • Polish: niezawisłość — state or quality of being independent
  • Portuguese: independência — state or quality of being independent
  • Romanian: independență — state or quality of being independent
  • Russian: незави́симость (nezavísimostʹ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Russian: самостоя́тельность (samostojátelʹnostʹ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Sardinian: indipendentzia — state or quality of being independent
  • Scots: unthirldom — state or quality of being independent
  • Scottish Gaelic: neo-eisimeileachd — state or quality of being independent
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏овисно̄ст — state or quality of being independent
  • Serbo-Croatian: неза́висно̄ст — state or quality of being independent
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅovisnōst — state or quality of being independent
  • Serbo-Croatian: nezávisnōst — state or quality of being independent
  • Sicilian: nnipinnenzia — state or quality of being independent
  • Sinhalese: ස්වාධීනත්වය (swādhīnatwaya) — state or quality of being independent
  • Slovak: nezávislosť — state or quality of being independent
  • Slovene: neodvisnost — state or quality of being independent
  • Spanish: independencia — state or quality of being independent
  • Sranan Tongo: srefidensi — state or quality of being independent
  • Swedish: oavhängighet — state or quality of being independent
  • Swedish: självständighet — state or quality of being independent
  • Tagalog: kasarinlan — state or quality of being independent
  • Tajik: истиқлол (istiqlol) — state or quality of being independent
  • Tajik: озодӣ (ozodi) — state or quality of being independent
  • Tamil: சுதந்திரம் (cutantiram) — state or quality of being independent
  • Tatar: бәйсезлек (bäysezlek) — state or quality of being independent
  • Tatar: мөстәкыйльлек (möstäqillek) — state or quality of being independent
  • Telugu: స్వాతంత్ర్యము (svātantryamu) — state or quality of being independent
  • Thai: เอกราช (èek-gà-râat) — state or quality of being independent
  • Tibetan: རང་བཙན — state or quality of being independent
  • Turkish: istiklal — state or quality of being independent
  • Turkish: bağımsızlık — state or quality of being independent
  • Turkmen: garaşsyzlyk — state or quality of being independent
  • Ukrainian: незале́жність (nezaléžnistʹ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Ukrainian: самості́йність (samostíjnistʹ) — state or quality of being independent
  • Urdu: آزادی (āzādī) — state or quality of being independent
  • Urdu: اِسْتِقْلال (istiqlāl) — state or quality of being independent
  • Uyghur: مۇستەقىللىق (musteqilliq) — state or quality of being independent
  • Uzbek: mustaqillik — state or quality of being independent
  • Uzbek: ozodlik — state or quality of being independent
  • Uzbek: istiqlol — state or quality of being independent
  • Vietnamese: độc lập — state or quality of being independent
  • Welsh: annibyniaeth — state or quality of being independent
  • Yiddish: אומאָפּהענגיקייט (umophengikeyt) — state or quality of being independent
  • Yiddish: זעלבשטענדיקייט (zelbshtendikeyt) — state or quality of being independent
  • Afrikaans: onafhanklikheid — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Czech: nezávislost — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Czech: samostatnost — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Danish: uafhængighed — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Danish: selvstændighed — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Dutch: zelfstandigheid — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Dutch: onafhankelijkheid — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Esperanto: memstareco — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Esperanto: sendependenco — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Estonian: sõltumatus — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Finnish: riippumattomuus — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • German: Unabhängigkeit — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Greek: ανεξαρτησία (anexartisía) — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Hungarian: önállóság — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Icelandic: sjálfstæði — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Italian: indipendenza — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Latvian: neatkarība — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uavhengighet — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Polish: niezależność — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Portuguese: independência — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Romanian: independență — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Russian: незави́симость (nezavísimostʹ) — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Russian: самостоя́тельность (samostojátelʹnostʹ) — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Scots: free staundin — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: не̏овисно̄ст — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: неза́висно̄ст — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: nȅovisnōst — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Serbo-Croatian: nezávisnōst — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
  • Spanish: independencia — state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood
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