| independence | | |
| n. (state) | 1. independence, independency | freedom from control or influence of another or others. |
| ~ freedom | the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints. |
| ~ autonomy, liberty | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence. |
| ~ autarchy, autarky | economic independence as a national policy. |
| ~ self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, autonomy | personal independence. |
| ~ separateness | political independence.; "seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan" |
| n. (event) | 2. independence | the successful ending of the American Revolution.; "they maintained close relations with England even after independence" |
| ~ triumph, victory | a successful ending of a struggle or contest.; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" |
| n. (location) | 3. independence | a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail. |
| ~ city, metropolis, urban center | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.; "Ancient Troy was a great city" |
| ~ missouri, show me state, mo | a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union. |
| self | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. ego, self | your consciousness of your own identity. |
| ~ consciousness | an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation.; "he lost consciousness" |
| ~ anima | (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious. |
| n. (person) | 2. self | a person considered as a unique individual.; "one's own self" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ number one | a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first. |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. self | (used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self.; "self-knowledge"; "self-proclaimed"; "self-induced" |
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