1. • noun - a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
   • noun - a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
   • adj - free from external control and constraint
   • adj - (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
   • adj - (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
   • adj - not controlled by a party or interest group
2. • Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
   • Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant: an independent mind.
   • Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent: a decision independent of the outcome of the study.
   • Often Independent.
   • Not dependent on or affiliated with a larger or controlling group or system: an independent food store.
   • Not relying on others for support, care, or funds; self-supporting.
   • Providing or being sufficient income to enable one to live without working: a person of independent means.
   • Mathematics.
   • Not dependent on other variables.
   • Of or relating to a system of equations no one of which can be derived from another equation in the system.
   • A Congregationalist.

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