independent
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/ adjective B1- Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
- Not affiliated with any political party. · the independent candidate
- Providing a comfortable livelihood. · an independent property
- Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing. · a man of an independent mind
- Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
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Well, I would secure for myself a fortune independent of him, even if I acquired it by placing my interests in hands unknown to him.” Madame Danglars blushed, in spite of all her efforts.
It was full of a new vital, pulsing personality that seemed to pervade it and to be quite independent of schoolgirl books and dresses and ribbons, and even of the cracked blue jug full of apple blossoms on the table.
Holmes is an independent investigator,” I said.
“It is the only means of rendering Italy strong, happy, and independent.”
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