not affiliated with a larger controlling unit
an independent bookshop
not connected with or relying on something else
an independent conclusion
not committed to a political party
standing as an independent candidate
not requiring or relying on others, or allowing oneself to be controlled by others them
a very independent child
having or providing enough money to live on, esp without working
people of independent means
said of a country: self-governing and free of external control
in logic, unrelated to another statement
independent postulates
(Independent) in former times, relating or belonging to the Congregational Church
independence noun
independency noun
independently adv