independent

/ˌin-də-ˈpen-dənt/

adjective

  1. not dependent: such as

  2. not subject to control by others : self-governing

  3. not affiliated with a larger controlling unit

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. independent implies a standing alone; applied to a state it implies lack of connection with any other having power to interfere with its citizens, laws, or policies.

noun

  1. one that is independent; especially, often capitalized : one that is not bound by or definitively committed to a political party

  2. a sectarian of an English religious movement for congregational autonomy originating in the late 16th century, giving rise to Congregationalists, Baptists, and Friends, and forming one of the major political groupings of the period of Cromwell

noun

  1. formation of random combinations of chromosomes in meiosis and of genes on different pairs of homologous chromosomes by the passage according to the laws of probability of one of each diploid pair of homologous chromosomes into each gamete independently of each other pair