independence








noun

  1. Also independency. the state or quality of being independent.
  2. freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others.
  3. Archaic. a competency.

noun

  1. a city in W Missouri: starting point of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails.
  2. a town in SE Kansas.

noun

  1. the state or quality of being independentAlso called: independency

noun

  1. a city in W Missouri, near Kansas City: starting point for the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails (1831–44). Pop: 112 079 (2003 est)
n.

1630s; see independent + -ence. Earlier in same sense was independency (1610s). U.S. Independence Day (July 4) recorded under that name by 1791. An Old English word for it was selfdom, with dom “law.”

City in western Missouri.

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