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free, independent, sovereign, autonomous mean not subject to the rule or control of another. free stresses the complete absence of external rule and the full right to make all of one's own decisions.

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INDEPENDENT definition: not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself. See examples of independent used in a sentence.

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An independent person is free from the control or influence of other people. The root word, depend, originally meant "to hang down." We use the word hang in a similar way. If the decision to build a …

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