independence
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dəns/ noun A2- The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others. · In 1947, India gained independence from the British Empire.
- The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
Plural independences
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She has fostered my independence by professedly indulging my love for liberty.
You have deprived the best years of his life of that independence which was no less his due than his desert.
It was rumored that she was an object of almost paternal interest to one of the principal composers of the day, who excited her to spare no pains in the cultivation of her voice, which might hereafter prove a source of wealth and independence.
“Yes; that is to say, he fought for the independence of the Greeks, and hence arises the calumny.”
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